How does Antinous Farnese elucidate its Provenance?
The Farnese Antinous was named after its one-time owners the Farnese family.The original provenance for this work of art is unknown, however, there are works of art within the Farnese collection that have some provenance established, such as the Farnese Hercules and the Farnese Bull. It was once displayed at the entrance to the Carracci Gallery in the Palazzo Farnese in Rome, from which it was taken to Naples to the Royal Borbonic Museum (Reale Museo Borbonico), now the Naples National Archaeological Museum (a replica was put in place in the Palazzo in the 1970s).
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