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Michel-Nummer 204

Bronzekopf des Apollon (5. Jahrh. v. Chr.)

Freimarken von 1962:
17. September 1962
Fremdenverkehr

Bronze head of Apollo: the 'Chatsworth Head'

Bronze head of Apollo: the 'Chatsworth Head'

Greek, from about 460 BC
Found near Tamassos, Cyprus (AD 1836)

This impressive bronze head is from a slightly over life-size statue. Its modern name derives from the fact that for many years, while in the possession of the Dukes of Devonshire, it was preserved at Chatsworth House in Derbyshire.

By the end of the Archaic period (about 600-480 BC) sculptors had mastered the complexities of anatomy. However, they did not immediately pursue complete realism, but an idealized concept of human perfection. This often makes it difficult to determine whether a representation is intended to be a human being or a god, unless the figure holds or wears something to aid identification. At this period it is usually deities who are represented over life-size, and the long curly locks of hair probably indicate that this is the Greek god Apollo.

The eyes were originally inlaid, perhaps in glass, marble or ivory, held by bronze plates. These are still in place in the eye-sockets, and their projecting edges are shaped to form eye-lashes. The statue itself would have been made in sections, probably with the head, arms and legs cast separately by the indirect lost-wax technique and then joined together. Some of the locks of hair were also made separately and attached.

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Nach den Ausführungen des "British Museum" handelt es sich bei diesem Kopf um einen Apollon aus der Zeit um 460 v. Chr., der bei Tamassos, einem der alten Stadtkönigtümer, 1836 gefunden wurde.