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George Frideric Handel, as Apollo
Artist: Louis-François Roubiliac (1702 - 1762)
Location: Victoria and Albert Museum
Date: 1737
Materials: marble
Dimensions: 135 cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £5,000 (Total: £10,000)
Vendor: Novello & Company
Review number: 2192 (1965)
Provenance:
Made for Jonathan Tyers, for Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens; Sacred Harmonic Society; Henry Littleton; Novello & Co.
Description:
Executed for Vauxhall Gardens. Shows Handel aged 53 and carrying score of Alexander's Feast. Plays lyre but seated informally. A putto at his feet transcribes the melody. Plinth base, 1850.
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