Artists & the Classical Ideal
Discover how antique sculpture, from ancient Greece and Rome, has been one of the most important sources of inspiration to Western artists for the past five centuries.
Click here for Katrin Bellinger’s introduction to the exhibition
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The Academy of Baccio Bandinelli (c. 1545/50), Enea Vico. Katrin Bellinger collection
The Drawing Lesson (c. 1790s), Gijsbertus Johannus Van den Berg. Katrin Bellinger collection
The Belvedere Torso (1591), Hendrick Goltzius. The Teylers Museum, Haarlem
The Farnese Hercules Seen from Behind (1591), Hendrick Goltzius. The Teylers Museum, Haarlem
A Study of a Plaster Cast of the Belvedere Torso (c. 1792), J. M. W. Turner. Victoria and Albert Museum
Self-Portrait with Casts: The Image Seller (c. 1850), William Daniels. Katrin Bellinger collection
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