Bust of the Apollo Belvedere: C.22-1977

Titles

Bust of the Apollo Belvedere

Maker(s)

Factory: Copeland
Modeller: Delpech, C. (After)

Entities

• Bust

Categories

• Parian (porcelain)

Description

Parian porcelain bust of Apollo, on a circular socle. The head is turned to the left, and his robe folds over his shoulders.

Notes

History note: Unknown before donor

Legal notes

Given by the Countess Shelagh Rietberg

Place(s) associated

• Stoke-on-Trent ⪼ Staffordshire ⪼ England

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1977-10-11) by Rietberg, Shelagh, Countess

Dating

19th Century, third quarter#
Victoria I
Production date: circa AD 1861

Note

From the early 16th century onwards the Apollo Belvedere was regarded as the supreme embodiment of male beauty, and in the second half of the 18th, aroused passionate adulation. In its presence, the German art historian, Winckelmann declared that he forgot the whole universe and felt himself to be 'transported to Delos and the sacred groves of Lycia'. By the mid 19th century this enthusiasm had abated a little, but the statue was still admired greatly, and its place as a model in art education remained unassailed.

School or Style

Neoclassical