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Antinous — In Pursuit of Beauty

The upcoming Erotic: Passion & Desire sale in London on 15 February will present a rich chronology of artworks from the masters of painting, sculpture and photography. Here, we take a closer look at two portraits of Antinous — one of the enduring figures of classical antiquity.

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Marble bust of Antinous, on loan from the Hermitage Museum, Exhibition: A Dream of Italy The Marquis Campana’s Collection, Musée du Louvre

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Colossal statue of Antinous as Dionysus-Osiris, approx 1792

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Marble Bust Antinous - 130s CE | Palazzo Vecchio - Firenze, Italy. .

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The Ancient Greek Flower Crown : Flower crowns were common in ancient Greece; it was especially popular to wear them at special occasions to honor the gods. Going along with that idea, during the same era, the laurel leaf wreath came into fashion as well (think: Julius Caesar). These laurel halos would be awarded to army victors to honor achievements and signify respect. Flowers, Statue, Hair, Wall, Red, White

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The Ancient Greek Flower Crown : Flower crowns were common in ancient Greece; it was especially popular to wear them at special occasions to honor the gods. Going along with that idea, during the same era, the laurel leaf wreath came into fashion as well (think: Julius Caesar). These laurel halos would be awarded to army victors to honor achievements and signify respect.

Portrait of Antinous. Marble. Ca. mid-2nd century. Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum. Photo by Sergey Sosnovskiy. Tumblr, State Hermitage Museum, Ancient Greek Sculpture, Marble Bust, Classic Sculpture, Roman Statue, Antique Sculpture, Plaster Sculpture, Ancient Statues

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Portrait of Antinous. Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum (Санкт-Петербург, Государственный Эрмитаж)

Marble. Ca. mid-2nd century.

Colossal statue of Antinous as Dionysus-Osiris, he holds the thyrsus (a Dionysian attribute) and wears a ivy crown, and a diadem which at the top would originally have held a cobra (uraeus) or a lotus flower, Antinous Braschi, Vatican Museums | da Following Hadrian Croquis, Dionysus Statue Aesthetic, Egyptian Interior, Mythology Characters, Dionysus God, God Dionysus, Ivy Crown, Greek Pantheon, Greek Statues

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Colossal statue of Antinous as Dionysus-Osiris, he holds the thyrsus (a Dionysian attribute) and wears an ivy crown, and a diadem which at the top would originally have held a cobra (uraeus) or a…

This colossal sculpture was found in excavations in 1792-1793 in an area presumed to have been the villa of Hadrian at Praeneste, today Palestrina. It was restored by Giovanni Pierantoni and exhibited in the Palazzo Braschi in Rome until 1844, when it was acquired for the Lateran Museum, and finally moved to the Vatican Museums, where you see it today. Antinous was the Emperor Hadrian's (117-138 A.D.) favourite who drowned in the waters of the Nile in 130 A.D. and was immediately made a god…

Nisus over fallen Euryalus, 1827 by Jean Baptiste Roman (1792-1835), Louvre museum. Nisus and Euryalus are a pair of lovers serving under Aeneas in the Aeneid, the epic by Virgil. Their foray among the enemy, narrated in Book 9, demonstrates their stealth and prowess as warriors, but ends as a tragedy: the loot Euryalus acquires (a glistening Rutulian helmet) attracts attention, and the two die together. Virgil presents their deaths as a loss of admirable loyalty and valor. #sculpture #art Statue, Tumblr, Noli Me Tangere, Louvre Museum, Jean Baptiste, European Art, Metropolitan Museum, Modern Art, Louvre

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Nisus and Euryalus. 1827. Jean Baptiste Roman. French 1792-1835. marble. Louvre. Paris. http://hadrian6.tumblr.com

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