Roman bronze Apollo Kitharoidos - ex Christie's
€12,000
available
Object number
AR3248
| Object: |
Figure of Apollo Kitharoidos (Apollo with a cithara (lyre))
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| Material: |
Bronze
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| Date: |
About 1st - 2ndcentury A.D. Roman Empire |
| Description: |
The naked god is standing in Contrapposto: The weight is on the right leg, the left leg is slightly bent in the knee, the muscular body is slightly leaning back. The head is wearing a high diadem decorated with palmettes, the long hair is bound to a bun at the neck, a long strand is falling on the shoulder to each side. The right arm is holding a plectron, the missing left arm originally held a large cithara. Impressive, very aesthetic figure. |
| Size: |
Height with marble base 181 mm, without base 133 mm
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| Condition: |
Left arm and both feet broken and missing. Otherwise excellently preserved with beautiful patina. Mounted on modern green marble base.
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| Reference: |
For a similar, finale worked figure, see: M. Comstock & C. Vermeule, Greek, Etruscan & Roman Bronzes in the Museum of Fine Arts Boston (Boston 1971), p. 103 Nr. 109 (figurine of Hermes) |
| Provenance: |
Acquired 2021 at a German auction house. Ex French private collection Gilles Grimm, acquired at Christie`s London, April 29th, 2010, auction, lot 318. Ex German (Bavarian) privat collection, formed in the 1960s. Exported from France with export license of the Ministère de la Culture, Nr. 227066. |
| Authenticity: |
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