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Head of Apollo Lacking His Traditional Iconography

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Title:
Head of Apollo Lacking His Traditional Iconography
Collection:
Cornell Gem Impressions Collection
Date:
19th century
ID Number:
GI_07_163
Accession Number:
07_2_1111
Winckelmann No.:
1111
File Name:
GI_07_163.jpg
Work Type:
casts (sculpture)
Materials/Techniques:
casting (process)
Pâte ant
Subject:
Apollo (Greek deity)
Description:
The head has been identified as Apollo due to its relative use and godlike posture.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collecting Program:
Cornell Collections of Antiquities
Archival Collection:
Cornell Collections of Antiquities
Format:
Image
Rights:
The content in the Cornell Collection of Antiquities: Gems Collection (in part the White Collection of Historical Medallions, #8420, Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections) is believed to be in the public domain by virtue of the age of the underlying material, and is presented by Cornell University Library under the Guidelines for Using Text, Images, Audio, and Video from Cornell University Library Collections [http://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/CULCopyright]. This collection was digitized by Cornell University Library in 2013 from original materials, with funding from a Digital Collections in Arts and Sciences Grant to Caitlin Barrett and Verity Platt. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item and securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with persons desiring to use the item. Please contact rareref@cornell.edu for more information about this collection, or to request permission to use these images.

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