ClassificationsGreek and Roman Art

Statue of Apollo

AAT Object Form/FunctionKouroi

CultureRoman

PeriodImperial

Date1st-2nd Century CE

MediumMarble (Paros 2)

Credit LineCarlos Collection of Ancient Art

Dimensions30 11/16 x 10 3/4 in. (78 x 27.3 cm)

Object number1985.016

Label TextThis partial statue of Apollo replicates a popular statue-type known as the Apollo of Anzio. It depicts the god nude, leaning against a tree trunk covered by his chlamys (cloak), which is pinned with a large circular brooch. A serpent emerges at the base. When complete, it would originally have shown Apollo holding a kithara (lyre) in one hand and a plectrum in the other.
Exhibition HistoryAn Enduring Ideal: Classical Art from the Michael C. Carlos Museum at Emory University, Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, November 1, 1992 - February 15, 1993
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 11,1993 - May 2004
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 2004 - August 8, 2016
Roman Myth and Myth-Making, Jundt Art Museum, Gonzaga University, Spokane, Washington, September 17 - December 17, 2016
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, February 6, 2017 - Present
Published ReferencesHelen C. Smith, "A Walk Through Time," Atlanta Weekly, June 8, 1986.
Robert H. Tykot, et al. "Analysis of Classical Marble Sculptures in the Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University, Atlanta," in ASMOSIA XI: Interdisciplinary Studies on Ancient Stone, ed. Daniela Matetic Poljak and Katja Marasovic (Split: University of Split, 2018), 502, figure 4.

ProvenanceEx private collection, Switzerland, late 1950s. Paris art market. Ex private collection, United States. Purchased by Emory University Museum of Art and Archaeology from Robin Symes [Robin Symes Ltd.], London, England.

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On view

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