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Summary

Nieborów Niobe. (

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Artist

Anonymous (Rome)

Title

Nieborów Niobe.

Date

from 1^st century until 2^nd century, circa 1764

Medium

marble

Dimensions

75 × 45 × 40 cm (29.5 × 17.7 × 15.7 in)

Collection

National Museum in Warsaw

	Native name	Muzeum Narodowe w Warszawie
	Location	Warsaw
	Coordinates	52° 13′ 54″ N, 21° 01′ 29″ E
	Established	20 May 1862
	Website	www.mnw.art.pl
	Authority file	: Q153306 VIAF: 155350218 ISNI: 0000000122540874 LCCN: n50052919 NLA: 36307256 GND: 1008386-8 WorldCat

Current location

Nieborów Palace

Accession number

Nb 11

Object history

1763-1764: discovered (Villa dei Quintili)

before 1779: purchased by Lyde Browne, Wimbledon
between 1785 and 1787: purchased by Catherine II of Russia, Saint Petersburg
1802: given to Helena Radziwiłłowa, Nieborów Palace

Notes

The head of Niobe is a Roman (hadrianic) replica of a Hellenistic original. Bust added in about 1764.

References

Elżbieta Jastrzębowska (2008). Głowa Niobe w Nieborowie i jej posąg w Rzymie. No 5. Spotkania z zabytkami, pp. 11, 12

Państwowe Muzeum Archeologiczne, Polskie Towarzystwo Archeologiczne (1987). Archeologia. Vol. 37-38, p. 75

Source/Photographer

Own work

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