Apollo was the god of music light truth and healing in graeco roman mythology but this statue was found in a temple dedicated to kore the goddess of the underworld and vegetation.
Marble sculpture of apollo.
Apollo torso of after the antique marble statue.
1598 1680 original sculpture titled apollo y daphne executed between 1622 1625 and currently on display in the borghese gallery museum in rome italy.
It was rediscovered in central italy in the late 15th century during the renaissance.
The apollo is now thought to be an original roman re creation of hadrianic date ca.
The apollo belvedere also called the pythian apollo or apollo of the belvedere is a celebrated marble sculpture from classical antiquity.
It was rediscovered in central italy in the.
Apollo of the belvedere is a celebrated marble sculpture from classical antiquity.
The back of the statue was not polished suggesting that the statue was placed inside a niche within the temple.
A beautiful early italian sculpture of apollo s torso a subject which has been interpreted through sculpture many times over hundreds of years.
Antique 19th century hand carved carrara marble grouping after gian lorenzo bernini s italian.
And yet his torso is still suffused with brilliance from inside extract from archaic torso of apollo by rainer maria rilke.
We cannot know his legendary head with eyes like ripening fruit.
This type of apollo statue was derived from a 4th century bce work by the athenian sculptor.