🪷 This is a prime example of the #Antinomania fad of the 18th Century when every aristocrat wanted #Antinous sculpture. This fantasy portrait by Pompeo Batoni now in New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art shows an unidentified gentleman with a statuette of #Minerva and the #Albani relief of Antinous.🪷
#antinomania #antinous #minerva #Albani
Scandinavian Night, Part Two. Actually "Scandinavian + Baltic + One Odd Man Out". Beers by #Olvi :flag_fi:, #Zeunerts :flag_se:, #ALeCoq :flag_ee:, #Asperius :flag_nl:, #Fuglsang :flag_dk:, #Thor :flag_dk:, and #Albani :flag_dk:
#olvi #zeunerts #alecoq #asperius #fuglsang #thor #Albani #BeerNerd #schlueckglueckglueck
🐎 December 13th is #NationalDayoftheHorse #Antinous #Albani #Equestrian #relief with #horse. Join #Antinoos in loving all creatures! 🐎
#nationaldayofthehorse #antinous #Albani #equestrian #relief #horse #antinoos
Died 11 December 1779: Cardinal Alessandro #Albani, whose villa was filled with #Antinous art found by friend #Winckelmann like this basrelief of #Antinoos as #Vertumnus. They spawned the #Antinomania fad when all aristocrats craved #Antinoo sculptures: https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2022/12/cardinal-alessandro-albani-saint-of.html
#Albani #antinous #winckelmann #antinoos #vertumnus #antinomania #antinoo
Genzano, nella sede della BCC-Colli Albani la presentazione del libro di Marco Corsi ‘Il Castello di Lanuvio’ - Il Caffe #genzano #sede #bcc-colli #albani #presentazione #libro #marco #corsi #castello #lanuvio #caffe #6giugno https://parliamodi.news/article/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbGNhZmZlLnR2L2FydGljb2xvLzE3Nzc2Ni9nZW56YW5vLW5lbGxhLXNlZGUtZGVsbGEtYmNjLWNvbGxpLWFsYmFuaS1sYS1wcmVzZW50YXppb25lLWRlbC1saWJyby1kaS1tYXJjby1jb3JzaS1pbC1jYXN0ZWxsby1kaS1sYW51dmlv
#6giugno #caffe #lanuvio #castello #corsi #marco #libro #presentazione #Albani #bcc #sede #genzano