Apollo, Garden Sculpture, Circa 1900

APOLLON, GARDEN SCULPTURE, c. 1900

Apollo, garden sculpture in reconstituted stone. The graceful, naked male figure of the young god, gently leaning against a trunk and with his right hand on his head. This sculpture is a variation of the Lycian Apollo also known as the Apollo of Florence or the Apollino, a work by the famous Greek sculptor Praxiteles (4th century BC), which is now on display in the museum.C.), now in the Uffizi Museum in Florence. As for the original statue, the name "Lycient" seems to be due to the fact that it would have been placed in the "Lyceum", the school founded by Aristotle in Athens around 335 BC.C., near a sanctuary dedicated to Apollo. Because of its fame, this statue was frequently copied over the centuries. It was reputed to be one of the best examples of the pperfect proportions of the humain body