Marble head of Apollo
A carved marble head of a youthful figure with smooth, rounded features, a faint closed-lipped smile, and hair arranged in a raised band with side locks framing the face. The polished surface shows warm ivory tones against a plain gray backdrop, resting on a plain stone base.
Look closer: A rough, unpolished cut at the base of the neck where the head would have been attached.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- ca. 27 BCE–68 CE
- Medium
- Marble
- Source
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Size
- 3295 × 4000 px
Public domain · The Metropolitan Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date 68).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (The Met Open Access, isPublicDomain=true)
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (The Met Open Access, isPublicDomain=true)
Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Jacques and Joyce de la Begassiere, 1959