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| Jabez Hughes The Grand Corridor at Osborne House, Isle of Wight ca. 1863-73 albumen print Royal Collection, Great Britain |
Prince Albert and Queen Victoria built and decorated Osborne House from the ground up as a summer retreat for themselves and their children. The "Grand Corridor" glimpsed above was densely populated with modern white marble statues, most of them supplied with Greek or Roman identities. A long row of statues with their backs against a wall was the default display-disposition in the majority of European palaces and galleries from the earliest Renaissance to the middle of the 20th century. Below, a range of other tributes and pastiches from the 18th and 19th centuries, directly or indirectly inspired by antique models.
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| William Theed Colossal Bust - The Capitoline Alexander 1856 marble copy commissioned by Prince Albert Royal Collection, Great Britain |
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| Angelo Minghetti Polychrome Bust of Calilgula ca. 1858-85 painted earthenware Victoria & Albert Museum |
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| Angelo Minghetti Polychrome Bust of Tiberius ca. 1858-85 painted earthenware Victoria & Albert Museum |
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| Auguste Rodin Minerva modeled in 1898, carved in 1901 marble Philadelphia Museum of Art |
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| Doccia Manufactory, Florence Triton 1760s porcelain relief plaque Victoria & Albert Museum |
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| John Flaxman Seated Youth with Pan-pipes (back) 1824 terracotta statuette Victoria & Albert Museum |
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| John Flaxman Seated Youth with Pan-pipes (front) 1824 terracotta statuette Victoria & Albert Museum |
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| John Flaxman Pastoral Apollo 1825 life-size marble Petworth House, Sussex |
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| Ferdinand Leenhoff Mercury 1898 bronze statuette Rijksmuseum |
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| Giovacchino & Pietro Belli Arch of Titus 1808-15 marble and gilt-bronze model Royal Collection, Great Britain |
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| Giovacchino & Pietro Belli Arch of Constantine 1808-15 marble and gilt-bronze model Royal Collection, Great Britain |
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| Giovacchino & Pietro Belli Arch of Septimus Severus 1808-15 marble and gilt-bronze model Royal Collection, Great Britain |
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| Josiah Wedgwood Miniature busts on plinths ca. 1787 porcelain Royal Collection, Great Britain |