Vatican City, Italy (Enclave of Rome): Vatican Museums: Pio Clementino Museum: Statue of Apollo Citharoedus
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Sheppard, Beth M.
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20-May-19
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Italy , Vatican City , Rome , Vatican Museums , Musei Vaticani , Pio Clementino Museum , Museo Pio Clementino , Musei di Scultura , Sculpture Museums , Art Museums , Sacred Art , Church Art , Greek Antiquities , Roman Antiquities , Statuary , Apollo Citharoedus in Art , Apollo Citharede in Art , Apollo Musagetes in Art , Muses in Art
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Multiple photos are associated with this record. Please click the links to view all of the items in the series. The photos show a statue depiction of Apollo Citharoedus (also known as Apollo Citharede or Apollo Musagetes, "Apollo, Leader of the Muses") in the Hall of the Muses within the Pio Clementino Museum, which is part of the Vatican Museums. These are public museums that display about 20,000 of 70K works collected by the Catholic Church and the papacy throughout the centuries. The museums were founded by Pope Julius II in the early 16th century. Only the Louvre in France receives more annual visitors than the Vatican Museums. The museums consist of 24 galleries, with the Sistine Chapel being the last room visited. The Pio Clementino Museum is the largest complex of the Vatican Museums. It is named after its founders, Pope Clement XIV and Pope Pius VI. Its twelve rooms contain the most important Greek and Roman masterpieces. This 2nd century CE marble statue is shown with a laurel crown and playing a cithara (lyre). The statue was found in 1774 in ruins of a villa near Tivoli, Italy and was relocated to the Vatican Museums.
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