Figure: Apollino, Italian or British School, c. 1755-1850, marble; origin unknown. The Apollino or Medici Apollo is a Roman copy of a Hellenistic sculpture of the adolescent god Apollo of the Apollo Lykeios type. Its left arm may have held … Continue reading
Figure: Apollo Belvedere, Francis Harwood, 1786, marble; origin Gordon Castle, Morayshire.
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Apollo: God of prophecy and oracles, music, song and poetry, archery, healing, plague and disease. Depicted as a handsome, beardless youth with long hair. Attributes include wreath and branch of laurel, bow and quiver of arrows, raven, and lyre. Son … Continue reading
I spent yesterday morning at Anglesey Abbey filling some of the gaps in my photography of the statues – 36 pictures covering 16 figures. Domitian was one. This is one of the Twelve Caesars, works from Italian (Roman) School and … Continue reading
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The four pictures posted here are an example of how the figures from the Anglesey Abbey gardens will be shown, in this case Diana the Huntress. A description of the god and the statue will accompany the pictures. Diana (Roman) … Continue reading
The collection of statues at Anglesey Abbey provides the starting point for this project. The figures photographed will be those where the named subject is represented in both collections, Apollo and Nero for example. So, Vertumnus and Orpheus, who are … Continue reading
I’ve long been fascinated by the statues in the garden at Anglesey Abbey and a few of these have featured in posts since January 2017. The casts in the collection of the Museum of Classical Archaeology in Cambridge similarly intrigue … Continue reading
Relaxing, if rather muddy, walk from Anglesey Abbey to Quy Fen yesterday. Returning along Quy Water the bare winter trees allowed glimpses into the private part of the Abbey where Hercules and Antaeus wrestle on the lawn. The figures, in … Continue reading
