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Friday, August 3, 2012

Il nudo maschile nella statuaria italiana a tutto tondo: L'APOLLO del TEVERE -- found in 1891, broken in many pieces, in the river TEVERE near the PONTE PALATINO.

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Apollo, probably once holding a laurel branch and bow.
  •  Height: 2.22m.
  • marble statue.
  • The statue:
    • is known as Tiber Apollo.
    • is a version of a Greek original of about 450 BC.
    • was found in 1891, broken in many pieces, in the river Tiber near the Ponte Palatino.
    • is now in Rome, Museo Nazionale delle Terme, inv. 608.

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