Apollo of Veii
Apolo de Veyes
- Date
- 1916 · confidence high
- Place
- Isola Farnese, Formello, Lazio, Italy
- Credited to
- Giulio Giglioli
- Field
- Cosmos & Earth
What was discovered
A life-size polychrome terracotta Etruscan statue depicting Aplu (Apollo), made around 510-500 BCE to crown the temple of the Portonaccio sanctuary at Veii, in the so-called international Ionic or late-archaic Etruscan style; discovered in 1916 by archaeologist Giulio Giglioli.
What it led to
- International recognition of Etruscan sculptural art
- A key reference for dating the late-archaic Ionic Etruscan style
- A centerpiece of the National Etruscan Museum at Villa Giulia, Rome