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Relief of Apollo with Nike

27 BCE–14 CE

Italy, Roman, Augustan period

Greek marble
Overall: 41.6 x 46.4 cm (16 3/8 x 18 1/4 in.)
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1930.522
Location: 103 Roman

Did You Know?

Between the figures is a draped egg-shaped stone known as an omphalos, the metaphorical center of the world.

Description

This is a typical example of Neo-Attic work, a school that revived the Archaic style of the late sixth century BC. The elongated figures and mannered gestures are typical of this school.
  • 1930–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art
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    Bieber, Margarete. “Roman Sculpture in the Cleveland Museum of Art.” Art in America 32, 2 (April 1944): 66–68. Mentioned: pp. 66–68, Reproduced: fig. 1
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 25 archive.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 25 archive.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 29 archive.org
    Cleveland Museum of Art. Images of the Mind. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1987. Reproduced: [p. 17]
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1991. Reproduced: p. 12 archive.org
    Di Franco, Luca. I rilievi "neoattici" della Campania: produzione e circolazione degli ornamenta marmorei a soggetto mitologico. Roma : "L’Erma" di Bretschneider, 2017. Reproduced: p. 31, fig. 12
    Castaldo, Daniela. "Musical Themes and Private Art in the Augustan Age", Greek and Roman Musical Studies 6, 1 (2018): 96-114 Mentioned p.99, Reproduced p. 100, Fig. 3 doi.org
    Starac, Alka. "The Archaized Relief from the Archaeological Museum of Istria in Pula and the Influence of Octavian's Actium Monument." Diadora : glasilo Arheološkog muzeja u Zadru, Vol. 32. No. 32.(2018):89-104. Mentioned p. 96
  • Images of the Mind. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 7-August 30, 1987).
    Art and Humanism in the Renaissance. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 23-February 25, 1962).
  • {{cite web|title=Relief of Apollo with Nike|url=false|author=|year=27 BCE–14 CE|access-date=19 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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