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CIRCA MID 4TH CENTURY B.C.
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AN ETRUSCAN BRONZE APLU (APOLLO)
CIRCA MID 4TH CENTURY B.C.
The youthful god standing with his weight on his right leg, the left relaxed and bent at the knee, wearing a short mantle draped over his left arm and across his waist, its borders embellished with incised zigzag, his left arm upraised, the hand fisted around a now-missing attribute, his right arm lowered, holding a small deer in his hand, its head turned back, a thick garland in the god's hair which is combed forward in bangs, with thick locks in front of each ear
9½ in. (24.1 cm.) high
CIRCA MID 4TH CENTURY B.C.
The youthful god standing with his weight on his right leg, the left relaxed and bent at the knee, wearing a short mantle draped over his left arm and across his waist, its borders embellished with incised zigzag, his left arm upraised, the hand fisted around a now-missing attribute, his right arm lowered, holding a small deer in his hand, its head turned back, a thick garland in the god's hair which is combed forward in bangs, with thick locks in front of each ear
9½ in. (24.1 cm.) high
Provenance
American Private Collection.
with Robin Symes, London.
with Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, 1989 (Gods and Mortals, no. 29).
with Robin Symes, London.
with Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, 1989 (Gods and Mortals, no. 29).
Literature
C.C. Vermeule and J.M. Eisenberg, Catalogue of the Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Bronzes in the Collection of John Kluge, New York and Boston, 1992, no. 89-01.
J.J. Herrmann, "From Olympus to the Underworld, Ancient Bronzes from the John W. Kluge Collection," Minerva, vol. 7, no. 2, 1996, p. 40, fig. 5.
J.J. Herrmann, "From Olympus to the Underworld, Ancient Bronzes from the John W. Kluge Collection," Minerva, vol. 7, no. 2, 1996, p. 40, fig. 5.
Exhibited
From Olympus to the Underworld, Ancient Bronzes from the John W. Kluge Collection, Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, 26 March - 23 June 1996.