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Friday, August 3, 2012

L'APOLLO della COLLEZIONE CONTI, Roma -- the statue was found in NETTUNO.

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Apollo, with a bow in his left hand and a laurel branch in his right.
For other versions of the same original see C017 and C018.
  • Height: 2.14m.
  • marble statue.
  • The statue:
    • is known as Kassel Apollo
    • is a version of a Greek original of about 450 BC.
    • was found near Nettuno.
    • was acquired by Count Frederick II in 1776-1777 from the Conti Collection in Rome.
    • is now in Kassel, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, 1.
Look at casts showing Apollo

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