Hyacinthe……one of history’s great re-births.
One of France’s greatest neo-classical sculptors, Francois Joseph baron Bosio was the portrait sculptor to the Emperor Napoleon in the early 19th Century, but like many before him he was fascinated by Greek and Roman mythology.
Stone Icons is proud to reprise in hand carved marble, one of Bosio’s greatest and most delicate works – Hyacinthe – the most beautiful youth beloved of the God Apollo. Tragedy ensued when in a mythical discus contest, Hyacinthe ran to catch a discus thrown by his mentor Apollo, but was struck by it and died.
Absolutely distraught, Apollo turned the body into the flower hyacinth, and it is said to be Apollo’s tears which stain the petals of that flower today.
The original is to be seen in the Louvre in Paris.
Detail
Height: 80 cms
Weight: 200 kgs
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Price: POA
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