Tiber Apollo
The Tiber Apollo is an over lifesize marble sculpture of Apollo, a Hadrianic or Antonine Roman marble copy after a bronze Greek original of about 450 BCE. Dredged from the bed of the Tiber in Rome, in making piers for the Ponte Garibaldi (1885, bridge completed 1888).
| The Tiber Apollo | |
|---|---|
| Material | Marble |
| Height | 2.04 meters |
| Created | 1st century CE; presumably a copy from 450 BC |
| Discovered | 1891 Ponte Garibaldi, Rome, Italy |
| Present location | Museo Nazionale Romano |
| Culture | Roman |
Found in multiple fragments at the bottom of the river, it is conserved in the Museo Nazionale Romano in Palazzo Massimo alle Terme, Rome.
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