Louis Royer1793–1868Apollo
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Victoria and Albert Museum
Londen, Verenigd Koninkrijk
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- Ongewijzigd sinds
- 25 sep 2026
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- De eigen collectiegegevens van het museum
About the sculpture
This statuette representing Apollo is one of Royer's earliest known works, almost certainly the Apollo exhibited in Malines in 1818 (at the bi-annual exhibition of Contemporary Artists, Academie, Malines), the year before the artist left for Paris. The subject is from classical myth, the figure posed in a contraposto stance, and dressed in a generalised classical costume, but close inspection reveals distinctive features, such as the stubble on the face, the elaborate thongs on the sandals, and even traces of the sculptor's fingerprint on the chest.
The figure was probably an academic piece, and was viewed as a finished work in its own right.
Louis Royer was one of the most important Belgian sculptors of the first half of the nineteenth century, and a leading exponent of neo-classicism.
Victoria and Albert Museum
Gegevens
- Inventarisnummer
- A.5-1992
What it shows
In de catalogus
Bronnen
- Victoria and Albert Museum: the museum's own open data · opgehaald 8 dagen geleden
- Afbeelding: Victoria and Albert Museum — © Victoria and Albert Museum, London
