Apollo

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Type: Sculpture(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1500
Accession number: 17.3
Makers: possibly by Camelio(Opens in new tab) (Italian); possibly by Caradosso(Opens in new tab) (Italian); possibly by Pier Jacopo Alari Bonacolsi Mantuan, called Antico(Opens in new tab) (Italian)
Attributed: previously attributed to the circle of Tullio Lombardo(Opens in new tab) (Italian, 1455–1532)

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Dimensions

15 3/8 in. (39.1 cm.)

Medium

bronze

Description

The statuette portraying a standing nude male figure was inspired by the Apollo Belvedere, a celebrated marble sculpture from classical antiquity now in the Vatican Museums.

Credit

The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens

Department

European Art

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Renaissance patrons sought objects for their homes that both embodied their culture and refinement and served as sources of delectation and contemplation. Often made in imitation of classical sculpture, either as reduced copies of known sculptures or invented subjects produced all'antica (in the style of antiquity), small bronzes contributed to the spread of classical taste in the 15th and 16th centuries. A collector would likely have kept such statuettes in a private study along with books and other objects of fascination, such as scientific instruments or natural specimens.

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