A beautiful early italian sculpture of apollo s torso a subject which has been interpreted through sculpture many times over hundreds of years.
Marble sculpture of apollo.
It was rediscovered in central italy in the.
And yet his torso is still suffused with brilliance from inside extract from archaic torso of apollo by rainer maria rilke.
This statue is based on the original full size statue apollo of the belvedere.
We cannot know his legendary head with eyes like ripening fruit.
Apollo of the belvedere is a celebrated marble sculpture from classical antiquity.
The distinctively roman foot wear is one reason scholars believe it is not a copy of an original greek statue.
The apollo is now thought to be an original roman re creation of hadrianic date ca.
Antique 19th century hand carved carrara marble grouping after gian lorenzo bernini s italian.
This type of apollo statue was derived from a 4th century bce work by the athenian sculptor.
Apollo torso of after the antique marble statue.
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.
The back of the statue was not polished suggesting that the statue was placed inside a niche within the temple.
Apollo and daphne is a life sized baroque marble sculpture by italian artist gian lorenzo bernini executed between 1622 and 1625 housed in the galleria borghese in rome the work depicts the climax of the story of apollo and daphne phoebus and daphne in ovid s metamorphoses.