 Apollo of Anzio |
Inv.: 9941
Provenance: Cerveteri, ancient Etruscan city near Rome
Date: First half II century A.D.
The statue was discovered in 1846
while excavating in the area around the Roman theater of Caere, current day Cerveteri, an
ancient Etruscan city. The statue is executed in the style of the Apollo of Anzio.
The original Greek statue, which was the model for the Vatican’s statue, was
from the second half of the IV century B.C. while the statue in question was sculpted in
the first half of the II century A.D.
STATE OF PRESERVATION:
The statue was first restored in 1852, using Carrara marble for the
missing parts (the left buttocks, the right foot, the finders of the hands, part of the
left arm and lower wedges) and a head was added that didn’t originally belong to the
statue but that was found in the same excavation. Several of the integrations have
shifted position and the entire statue is in a very precarious condition.
RESTORATION PROCESS:
Dismounting of the left arm and the wedges around the neck
Substitution of the pivots and the stuccoing
Re-mounting of the statue
Integration of the statue
Complete cleaning
Consolidation
Documentation of restoration
Total Cost: $12,500.00
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