Strangford Apollo

The Strangford Apollo is an Ancient Greek kouros sculpture in marble of around 500-490 BC. It is said to be from the island of Anafi, and is named after Percy Smythe, 6th Viscount Strangford, who once owned it. It is now in Room 15 of the British Museum, with the catalogue reference GR 1864.2-20.1 (Sculpture B 475).

Sources

• G.M.A. Richter, Kouroi: Archaic Greek youths, 3rd ed. (London and New York, Phaidon, 1970)
• British Museum site

Exhibit History

1990 24 Mar-10 Jun, Australia, Canberra, National Gallery of Australia, Civilization: Ancient Treasures from the British Museum, cat. no.65 1990 28 Jun-23 Sep, Australia, Melbourne, Museum of Victoria, Civilization: Ancient Treasures from the British Museum, cat. no.65 1990 20 Oct-9 Dec, Japan, Tokyo, Setagaya Art Museum, Treasures of the British Museum, cat. no.111 1991 5 Jan-20 Feb, Japan, Yamaguchi, Prefectural Museum of Art, Treasures of the British Museum, cat. no.111 1991 9 Mar-7 May, Japan, Osaka, National Museum of Art, Treasures of the British Museum, cat. no.111 2012 May - Sept2, Italy, Motya, Museo Giuseppe Whitaker.

2015, 26 Mar-5 Jul, The British Museum, Defining Beauty: the body in ancient Greek art.

Sources

"The Strangford Apollo". British Museum. Retrieved 2015-12-30.