A Victorian sculpted terracotta model of the Diana of Gabii, third quarter 19th century, by Blashfield and modelled after the Antique, the rectangular base stamped J.M.Blashfield 65cm high CATALOGUE NOTES: The original work, possibly after a Praxitelean forerunner was rediscovered in 1792 by Gavin Hamilton on the property of the Prince Borghese at Gabii, not far from Rome. It was immediately added to the prince's collections but in 1807, suffering from financial difficulties, the Prince was forced to sell the statue to Napoleon, and it was on display in the Louvre from 1820 LITERATURE: Francis Haskell & Nicholas Penny, Taste and the Antique, the Lure of Classical Sculpture, 1500-1900, Yale University Press, 1981, pp. 198-199
A Victorian sculpted terracotta model of the Diana of Gabii, third quarter 19th century, by Blashfield and modelled after the Antique, the rectangular base stamped J.M.Blashfield 65cm high CATALOGUE NOTES: The original work, possibly after a Praxitelean forerunner was rediscovered in 1792 by Gavin Hamilton on the property of the Prince Borghese at Gabii, not far from Rome. It was immediately added to the prince's collections but in 1807, suffering from financial difficulties, the Prince was forced to sell the statue to Napoleon, and it was on display in the Louvre from 1820 LITERATURE: Francis Haskell & Nicholas Penny, Taste and the Antique, the Lure of Classical Sculpture, 1500-1900, Yale University Press, 1981, pp. 198-199
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