Marble Head of a Apollo
Marble Head of a Apollo
3D
Published 2020-05-04T07:08:58+00:00
Apollo is depicted with his head dramatically turned to his right, on a long neck. His idealized classically-inspired visage displays large almond-shaped eyes beneath gently arching brows and a spade-shaped forehead. His cheeks narrow to his pronounced chin with parted bow-shaped lips above. His luscious thick hair is deeply drilled, fashioned in a center part and bound in a diadem. The locks are rolled back over the tops of his ears and the diadem, and bound in a chignon at the nape of his neck. A wavy tendril is positioned before each ear on his cheek.
Jucker (op. cit.) observes that the presence of two mortises high on the crown indicates that the figure once wore a top knot, supporting the indentification of Apollo. And without ivy or berry, a Dionysian association seems unlikely. The present sculpture is related to a number of Apollo Kitharoidos-type figures based on a Hellenistic original. For a similar example now in the Istanbul Archaeology Museum, see no. 61a in G. Bauchhenss, "Apollon/Apollo," LIMC, vol. 2.
| Date published | 04/05/2020 |
| Complexity | Medium |
| Title | Marble Head of a Apollo |
| Date | 2nd Century AD |
| Dimension | Height, 32.3 cm |
| Accession | Private Collection |
| Medium | Marble |
| Record | https://www.christies.com/lotfinder/Lot/a-roman-marble-head-of-apollo-circa-6228345-details.aspx |
| Artist | Unknown artist |
| Place | Christie's |
