Apollo's Room

In this small room Michelangelo the Younger had assembled a substantial group of works with classical subjects, though not always of ancient origin. The pieces now on show formed part of the original furnishings: a fine wooden frieze from the beginning of the sixteenth century, recently attributed to Baccio d'Agnolo, an arm carved from marble, probably from a Roman copy of Myron's Discobolus, an oval of black marble with two heads, given to Michelangelo the Younger by Costanza Barberini and a "small Apollo" in marble.

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