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.
The back of the statue was not polished suggesting that the statue was placed inside a niche within the temple.
The apollo belvedere also called the pythian apollo or apollo of the belvedere is a celebrated marble sculpture from classical antiquity.
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 apollo is now thought to be an original roman re creation of hadrianic date ca.
And yet his torso is still suffused with brilliance from inside extract from archaic torso of apollo by rainer maria rilke.
1598 1680 original sculpture titled apollo y daphne executed between 1622 1625 and currently on display in the borghese gallery museum in rome italy.
Apollo torso of after the antique marble statue.
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.
It was rediscovered in central italy in the late 15th century during the renaissance.
This statue is based on the original full size statue apollo of the belvedere.
The distinctively roman foot wear is one reason scholars believe it is not a copy of an original greek statue.
Antique 19th century hand carved carrara marble grouping after gian lorenzo bernini s italian.