Roman copy after an original created in the first half of the 4th century BCE by Timotheos. Restored by the workshop of B. Cavaceppi in the 18th century. The statue belonged to a group of ten divinities formerly displayed in the semicircular portico of the Villa Albani. Cardinal Alessandro Albani (1692-1779), the nephew of Pope Clement XI, was one of the greatest collectors in 18th-century Rome. The collection he installed in the Villa de la Porta Salaria, inaugurated in 1763, was widely studied. It was there that Winckelmann and Cavaceppi laid the foundations for modern art history and restoration. (Source: Louvre Museum [website]; http://www.louvre.fr/)
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Roman copy after an original created in the first half of the 4th century BCE by Timotheos. Restored by the workshop of B. Cavaceppi in the 18th century. The statue belonged to a group of ten divinities formerly displayed in the semicircular portico of the Villa Albani. Cardinal Alessandro Albani (1692-1779), the nephew of Pope Clement XI, was one of the greatest collectors in 18th-century Rome. The collection he installed in the Villa de la Porta Salaria, inaugurated in 1763, was widely studied. It was there that Winckelmann and Cavaceppi laid the foundations for modern art history and restoration. (Source: Louvre Museum [website]; http://www.louvre.fr/)
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