Apollo Belvedere Head Reduction - Item #648

  6 Inches High x 2 Inches Wide x 3 Inches Deep This head in reduced size is from the famous statue of the Apollo Belvedere that stands at about 90 inches tall. Apollo is in motion, standing in contrapposto, and looking off to the left. He is shown nude save for his sandals and the chlamys (cloak) he wears, the end of which is draped over his extended left arm. A quiver is visible behind his right shoulder while its belt wraps around his chest. Although the forearms and hands are missing, art historians hypothesize that the god is depicted the moment after releasing an arrow from a bow he would have held in his left hand. His taut muscles also point to this theory. It is widely accepted that the sculpture may represent the myth of Apollo’s defeat of the serpent, known as Python, that guarded Delphi. The marble currently has restored forearms and hands, and the left hand grasps a portion of a bow. The sculpture is a Roman marble copy of a Greek bronze original, likely made in the 4th c