🪷 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.🪷

🪷 4 May is #BirdDay: Fierce #Antinomania eBay bidding ensued for this 20cm (8in) bronze statuette identified as #Antinous with lotus crown holding water bird and hero's wreath found in Britain by metal detector. Full description and lots more images: https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2023/02/bronze-statuette-of-antinous-discovered.html 🪷

🪷 Fierce #Antinomania eBay bidding for this 20cm (8in) bronze statuette identified as #Antinous with lotus crown holding a water bird and a hero's wreath, found in Britain by metal detector. Full description and lots more images: https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2023/02/bronze-statuette-of-antinous-discovered.html 🪷

🪷 Fierce #Antinomania eBay bidding for this 20cm (8in) bronze statuette identified as #Antinous with lotus crown holding a water bird and a hero's wreath, found in Britain by metal detector. Full description and lots more images: https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2023/02/bronze-statuette-of-antinous-discovered.html 🪷

🪷 January 5th is #NationalBirdDay Fierce #Antinomania eBay bidding for this 20cm (8in) bronze statuette identified as #Antinous with lotus crown holding water bird and hero's wreath found in Britain by metal detector. Full description and lots more images: https://antinousgaygod.blogspot.com/2019/02/bronze-statuette-of-antinous-discovered.html 🪷

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

Johann Joachim #Winckelmann, father of #arthistory. Born 9 December 1717. He is a saint of #Antinous because he popularized #Antinoos sculpture and spawned the #Antinomania craze when every aristocrat wanted a statue of #Antinoüs. Full tribute: https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2022/06/johann-joachim-winckelmann-saint-of.html

Johann Joachim #Winckelmann, father of #arthistory. Born 9 December 1717. He is a saint of #Antinous because he popularized #Antinoos sculpture and spawned the #Antinomania craze when every aristocrat wanted a statue of #Antinoüs. Full tribute: https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2022/06/johann-joachim-winckelmann-saint-of.html