This week’s sculpture from Hadrian’s Villa is a marble statue of Apollo (Apollo Citharoedus). It was found on the site of the round Temple of Venus (tholos) by the 18th-century owner of the Villa, Conte Giuseppe Fede.
The god is depicted with his attributes: the lyre and the sacred snake Python. The tree trunk around which the snake is wrapped is inscribed with the words “Apollonios made it”.
The statue is dated circa AD 150 (during the reign of Antoninus Pius) and was restored circa 1790 (Item number IN 1632).
