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Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE A: ITALIAN ART
Preferred Title:
Apollo Citharoedus
Alternate Title:
Apollo with a Griffin
Image View:
Detail of griffin from the right side
Creator:
after Praxiteles (Ancient Greek , active ca. 375-340 BCE)
Location:
repository: Musei Capitolini (Rome, Lazio, Italy) inv. MC736
Location Note:
Piazza del Campidoglio, 1; Palazzo Nuovo, Hall of the Galatian
GPS:
41.893056 12.4825
Date:
Roman copy 130-138 CE (creation)
Cultural Context:
Roman (ancient)
Style Period:
Classical; Greco-Roman
Work Type 1:
sculpture (visual work)
Classification:
sculpture
Material:
marble
Technique:
carving (processes)
Description:
Roman copy in the style of Praxiteles. The work was found at Tivoli, in the town Aquae Albulae, and has been dated to the late Hadrianic (130-138 CE) period. An Apollo Citharoedus, or Apollo Citharede, is a statue or other image of Apollo with a cithara (lyre). Apollo was frequently depicted riding a griffin (gryphon), or in a chariot pulled by a griffin. (Source: Capitoline Museums [website]; http://en.museicapit olini.org/)
Collection:
Adjunct Module A: Italian Art
Identifier:
7A3-R-CM-SAC-A07
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Apollo Citharoedus