• Bertel Thorvaldsen

  1770-1844

Apollo

• Production Date

  No earlier than June 1836 - No later than August 1836

• Type of Work / Object

  Sculpture > Relief

• Location

  • Denmark > Copenhagen > Thorvaldsens Museum > Main Floor > Room 10

• Inventory Number

  A326

• Catalogue Number

  A326

• Catalogue Level / Collection

  Thorvaldsen's Art > Thorvaldsen's Sculptures (A)

Explanation

• Like Minerva and Mercury, Apollo is Jupiter’s child, but as the firstborn he is the most important. He is a very complex god, but by giving him a lyre Thorvaldsen here focuses on his status as the god of poetry and, especially, music.

Motif / Theme

• Human > God > Apollon / Apollo

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