Torso of Apollo
21 1/2 x 8 1/2 x 5 in.
Further images
Provenance
Vincenzo Giustiniani Collection, by 1638, inv. no. 119, described as “Una statuetta di
un Appollo nudo con un instrumento in mano antica rest.ta, alta p.mi 3 e 2/3”;
*Possibly James Hugh Smith Barry (1748-1801);
*Possibly by descent, Lord Barrymore Collection, Marbury Hall, Cheshire, England. (according to Jan 22, 1951 invoice from Mathias Komor)
With Mathias Komor, New York, USA;
Esq. Mason F. Lord Collection (Acquired from the above on Jan 22, 1951);
By descent to the previous owner, USA, until 2023.
Exhibitions
The Baltimore Museum of Art, June 1951.Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, MA, Oct. 1951-1952.
Literature
Galleria Givstiniana Del Marchese Vincenzo Givstiniani, Parte I (Rome, ~1640), pl. 57
(illus. with 17th century restorations).
“One Man’s History of Art,” Life Magazine, June 4, 1951, pp. 67-68.
A. Gallottini, Le sculture della collezione Giustiniani, 1998, inv. no. 119.