Bartolomeo Cavaceppi Asclepios (headless Roman torso, 2nd century AD, extended, reconfigured and redefined by Cavaceppi) ca. 1765 marble Musée du Louvre |
Bartolomeo Cavaceppi Emperor Galba Enthroned (colossal headless Roman torso, 2nd-3rd century AD, extended, reconfigured and redefined by Cavaceppi) ca. 1777 marble Museo Pio Clementino, Vatican |
Cavaceppi's identification of this piece as "Galba" is entirely imaginary, as is the positioning on the "throne" which Cavaceppi himself created. The arms, head, and lower body were all tacked on in the late 18th century to "complete" the sculpture and render it presentable by the standards of the day.
Bartolomeo Cavaceppi Ganymede with Jupiter as Eagle (headless Roman torso, 2nd century AD, extended, reconfigured and embellished by Cavaceppi) ca. 1785 marble Museo Chiaramonti, Vatican |
Carlo Albacini Flora (imitation of ancient Roman sculpture) ca. 1780 marble Indianapolis Museum of Art |
Antonio Canova Orpheus (imitation of ancient Roman sculpture) 1776 marble Museo Correr, Venice |
Antonio Canova Apollo Crowning Himself (imitation of ancient Roman sculpture) 1781-82 marble Getty Museum, Los Angeles |
Paolo Andrea Triscornia Callipygian Venus (full-size copy of heavily restored ancient Roman statue in Naples) ca. 1775-1800 marble Hermitage, Saint Petersburg |
Paolo Andrea Triscornia The Laocoön (full-size copy of heavily restored ancient Roman statue group at the Vatican) 1798 marble Hermitage, Saint Petersburg |
Vincenzo Pacetti The Hope Dionysos (Roman fragment, 27 BC-AD 68, extended, reconfigured and embellished by Pacetti) ca. 1796 marble Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
Vincenzo Pacetti Athena of Velletri (Roman fragment, 1st century AD, extended and embellished by Pacetti) ca. 1798 marble Musée du Louvre |
Vincenzo Pacetti The Barberini Faun (Hellenistic Greek fragment, 220 BC, extended and reconfigured for the 3rd and final time by Pacetti) 1799 marble Glyptothek, Munich |
Vincenzo Pacetti The Barberini Faun (Hellenistic Greek fragment, 220 BC, extended and reconfigured for the 3rd and final time by Pacetti) 1799 marble Glyptothek, Munich |
The Faun's lolling pose, emphasizing the genitals, is inauthentic and was created by a succession of Italian restorers. They manufactured the base, extending the figure with unrelated antique fragments and their own fresh-carved elements. When the statue reached Munich in the early 19th century, it featured a dangling left arm, which had only recently been created and attached by Pacetti. That conspicuously spurious limb has since been removed, but the overall appearance of the piece is apparently too famous and too widely reproduced to attempt further correction.
Vincenzo Pacetti The Barberini Faun (detail) (Hellenistic Greek fragment, 220 BC, extended and reconfigured for the 3rd and final time by Pacetti) 1799 marble Glyptothek, Munich |