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Statuette of Apollo
Roman
Imperial Period
1st century B.C. or 1st century A.D.
Medium/Technique
Bronze inlaid with silver
Dimensions
Height x width: 29.5 × 8.6 × 5.4 cm (11 5/8 × 3 3/8 × 2 1/8 in.)
without base
without base
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number98.674
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsSculpture
Catalogue Raisonné
Greek, Etruscan, & Roman Bronzes (MFA), no. 093; Sculpture in Stone and Bronze (MFA), p. 120 (additional published references).
DescriptionStatuette of Apollo standing in contrapposto with left leg relaxed and down-turned head to right. The long strands of hair around his face are tied in a knot at the top of the head (krobylos) and the rest in a bun at the back. Although the arms are broken off below the shoulders, their position indicates that they followed the body closely. The arms were cast separately and joined at keys below the shoulders. Cast solid. Eyes inlaid in silver with drilled pupils. Thick patina of both brownish yellow and greenish blue products.
ProvenanceSaid to have been found in Rome [see note 1]. By 1892, Count Michal Tyszkiewicz (b. 1828-d. 1897), Rome [note 2]; probably sold by Tyszkiewicz to Edward Perry Warren (b. 1860- d. 1928), London; 1898, sold by Edward Perry Warren to the MFA for $69,618.13 [note 3]. (Accession date: September 20, 1898)
Notes:
[1] According to E. P. Warren’s records, Count Tyszkiewicz told him that the bronze statuette had been found in Rome. The statuette does not feature in the 1898 sale of the Tyszkiewicz collection by Rollin et Feuardent and must have been sold privately.
[2] The statuette features in W. Fröhner, La Collection Tyszkiewicz: Choix de monuments antiques avec texte explicatif (1892), pp. 17-18, pl. XX.
[3] This figure is the total price for MFA 98.641-98.940.
Notes:
[1] According to E. P. Warren’s records, Count Tyszkiewicz told him that the bronze statuette had been found in Rome. The statuette does not feature in the 1898 sale of the Tyszkiewicz collection by Rollin et Feuardent and must have been sold privately.
[2] The statuette features in W. Fröhner, La Collection Tyszkiewicz: Choix de monuments antiques avec texte explicatif (1892), pp. 17-18, pl. XX.
[3] This figure is the total price for MFA 98.641-98.940.