Castor and Pollux
Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
Copied from a cast of a restored Roman original in 1767. Carved from marble in Rome by Joseph Nollekens.
By 1760 the demand of collectors for antique marble sculptures was greater that the supply. British and Italian sculptors in Rome and Florence did a thriving trade in copies. In the 18th century this one was thought to represent the Dioscuri, Castor and Pollux, sons of the Roman god Jupiter. The original sculpture had already left Rome for Spain in 1724 and Nollekens based his copy on a plaster cast.
Castor and Pollux
Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
Copied from a cast of a restored Roman original in 1767. Carved from marble in Rome by Joseph Nollekens.
By 1760 the demand of collectors for antique marble sculptures was greater that the supply. British and Italian sculptors in Rome and Florence did a thriving trade in copies. In the 18th century this one was thought to represent the Dioscuri, Castor and Pollux, sons of the Roman god Jupiter. The original sculpture had already left Rome for Spain in 1724 and Nollekens based his copy on a plaster cast.