Veii Apollo

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*Veii Apollo* *Veii Apollo*, clay statue, c. 500 bce; in the National Etruscan Museum of Villa Giulia, Rome.

The Apollo of Veii is a terracotta statue created by the Etruscan artist Vulca of Veii in the 6th century BCE. This sculpture was likely part of a temple shrine dedicated to the Cremera River. Veii itself was a significant Etruscan city, located near Rome, and was a major center for terracotta sculpture during the 6th century BCE. According to tradition, Vulca of Veii also created terracotta statues for the Temple of Jupiter on the Roman Capitol. The statue of Apollo found at Veii may offer insight into the style of such works from that period.12

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A magnificent terra-cotta statue of Apollo found at Veii may give some notion of its character. In the 5th, 4th, and 3rd centuries bce, when Etruscan influence on Rome was declining and Rome’s dominion was spreading through the Italian peninsula, contacts with Greek art were no longer chiefly mediated via…
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A magnificent terra-cotta statue of Apollo found at Veii may give some notion of its character. In the 5th, 4th, and 3rd centuries bce, when Etruscan influence on Rome was declining and Rome’s dominion was spreading through the Italian peninsula, contacts with Greek art were no longer chiefly mediated via…
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