Joseph Nollekens, R.A.

Sale of the estate of Joseph Nollekens (Catalogue of the whole of the Highly Valuable collection of Antique and Modern Sculpture of the late Joseph Nollekins, Esq., R.A. Dec.), Christie's London, 5 July 1823, lot 67, bought by ‘Rouw';
Mrs. C. A. Cater;
Mr Wynne Jeudwine;
John Lowry-Corry, 8th Earl Belmore, Castle Coole, Enniskillen, United Kingdom

London, Victoria and Albert Museum, 1944 (on loan, inv. no. A.10-1944)

C. Avery, entry in Important European Terracottas, exh. cat. Tomasso Brothers Fine Art, London, 2018, no. 20

This beautifully modelled bozzetto was listed as 'a small model of Apollo' in the sale catalogue of the estate of Joseph Nollekens. The sculptor is known to have prized his terracotta sketches, a medium in which he is said to have taken the greatest pleasure.