CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.

Details

A ROMAN MARBLE APOLLO KITHAROIDOS
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
27 ¾ in. (70.4 cm.) high

Provenance

with Arthur Sambon (1867-1947), Paris, by 1928.
Mobilier et Objets d'Art, Tajan, Paris, 2 December 2019, lot 180.
BC/AD Sculpture Ancient to Modern, Sotheby's, London, 3-9 July 2020, lot 36.

Literature

A. Sambon, Exposition de sculpture: Sculpture comparée de l’Antiquité, du Moyen Âge et de la Renaissance, Paris, 1928, p. 11, pl. XVII, no. 39.
S. Reinach, Répertoire de la statuaire grecque et romaine, vol. 6, Paris, 1930, p. 73, no. 5.

Exhibited

Paris, Hôtel particulier of M. Arthur Sambon, Exposition de sculpture: Sculpture comparée de l’Antiquité, du Moyen Âge et de la Renaissance, 16 March-16 April 1928.

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Lot Essay

Apollo stands on a rectangular base with his weight on the right leg. He wears a long chiton secured by a broad belt, a mantle fastened at the shoulders that falls down the back in deep V-shaped folds, and sandals. These garments, together with the single preserved strand of hair at his right shoulder, identify the figure as of the Apollo Kitharoidos type. In this variation, the god would originally have held a kithara (a lyre-like instrument) at his left side. For a similar example in Wörlitz, see Arachne Online Database no. 1091107.

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