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… Continue reading Art and sculptures from Hadrian’s Villa: Marble statue of Apollo holding a lyre
