Adonis - Mazarin collection
Adonis
Mazarin Collection
This antique torso would have been restored and completed by Francois du Quesnoy (1594-1643). Former collection of Cardinal Mazarin (1602-1661). The engraved number 18 on the plinth refers to the inventory of this collection in 1653. In the lower Gallery of the Palazzo Mazarin, the statue then passed into the collection of the Marquis de La Meilleraye, Duke of Mazarin (1632-1713), husband of the Cardinal's niece, Hortense. In a fit of madness, the Duke mutilated the work in 1670. It bears the traces of reparations.
Adonis - Mazarin collection
Adonis
Mazarin Collection
This antique torso would have been restored and completed by Francois du Quesnoy (1594-1643). Former collection of Cardinal Mazarin (1602-1661). The engraved number 18 on the plinth refers to the inventory of this collection in 1653. In the lower Gallery of the Palazzo Mazarin, the statue then passed into the collection of the Marquis de La Meilleraye, Duke of Mazarin (1632-1713), husband of the Cardinal's niece, Hortense. In a fit of madness, the Duke mutilated the work in 1670. It bears the traces of reparations.