Lot Essay
For a comparable torso, cf. 'Apollon/Apollo', Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae, vol. II, 1984, Zürich und München, no. 67d, where the god holds his lyre in the crook of his left arm.
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CIRCA 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
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A ROMAN MARBLE TORSO OF APOLLO
CIRCA 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
The god depicted nude, originally standing with the weight on his right leg, the left relaxed, two long tendrils of hair falling onto the shoulders, his left arm slightly raised, with remains of a strut on the side of the left hip
19 1/8 in. (48.6 cm.) high
CIRCA 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
The god depicted nude, originally standing with the weight on his right leg, the left relaxed, two long tendrils of hair falling onto the shoulders, his left arm slightly raised, with remains of a strut on the side of the left hip
19 1/8 in. (48.6 cm.) high
Provenance
with Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, 1992.
with Charles Ede Ltd, London, from whom acquired by the present owner.
with Charles Ede Ltd, London, from whom acquired by the present owner.
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