Lot Essay
The Belvedere Antinous was first recorded in 1543. Under the Treaty of Tolentino, it was ceded to the French and reached Paris in the Triumphal procession of July 1798. It is now in the Vatican Museum,
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A MODERN BRONZE FIGURE OF THE BELVEDERE ANTINOUS, after the antique, shown holding a drape in his right hand, on integral stepped white-painted circular base
67in. (170cm.) high
67in. (170cm.) high