Set of 3 Bust Head God / Apollo, Hermes, Aphrodite -Gold Handpainted, 15cm/5.9in

  
1 The Apollo Belvedere or Apollo of the Belvedere-also called the Pythian Apollo-is a celebrated marble sculpture from Classical Antiquity. The Apollo is now thought to be a Roman copy of Hadrianic date ca. 120-140of a lost bronze original made between 350 and 325 BC by the Greek sculptor Leochares. It was rediscovered in central Italy in the late 15th century, during the Italian Renaissance, and in 1511 placed on semi-public display in the Vatican Palace, where it remains. From the mid-18th century it was considered the greatest ancient sculpture by ardent neoclassicists, and for centuries epitomized ideals of aesthetic perfection for Europeans and westernized parts of the world. It is now in the Cortile del Belvedere of the Pio-Clementine Museum of the Vatican Museums complex. The Greek god Apollo is depicted as a standing archer having just shot an arrow.

Although there is no agreement as to the precise narrative detail being depicted, the conventional view has been that he has just slain the serpent Python, the chthonic serpent guarding Delphi-making the sculpture a Pythian Apollo. Alternatively, it may be the slaying of the giant Tityos, who threatened his mother Leto, or the episode of the Niobids. 2 Hermes is an Olympian god in Greek religion and mythology, the son of Zeus and the Pleiad Maia, and the second youngest of the Olympian gods (Dionysus being the youngest). Hermes was the emissary and messenger of the gods. Hermes was also "the divine trickster" and the god of boundaries and the transgression of boundaries...

The patron of herdsmen, thieves, graves, and heralds. He is described as moving freely between the worlds of the mortal and divine, and was the conductor of souls into the afterlife.

He was also viewed as the protector and patron of roads and travelers. In the Roman adaptation of the Greek pantheon (see interpretatio romana), Hermes is identified with the Roman god Mercury, who, though inherited from the Etruscans, developed many similar characteristics such as being the patron of commerce. 3 Aphrodite of Milos, better known as the Venus de Milo, is an ancient Greek statue and one of the most famous works of ancient Greek sculpture. Initially it was attributed to the sculptor Praxiteles, however from an inscription that was on its plinth, the statue is thought to be the work of Alexandros of Antioch.

Created sometime between 130 and 100 BC, the statue is believed to depict Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love and beauty (Venus to the Romans). It is a marble sculpture, slightly larger than life size at 203 cm (6 ft 8 in) high.

Part of an arm and the original plinth were lost following its discovery. It is currently on permanent display at the Louvre Museum in Paris.

The statue is named after the Greek island of Milos, where it was discovered. The Aphrodite of Milos is "widely renowned" for the mystery of her missing arms. There is a filled hole below her right breast that originally contained a "metal tenon" that would have supported the separately carved right arm.

The alabaster is a stone, a transparent, valuable type of marble which, in powder form, blends with resins and other ingredients to give the statues a very smooth and detailed surface. The strict selection of raw materials and their special treatment give our products a unique result. This item is in the category "Art\Art Sculptures". The seller is "oinotropous" and is located in this country: GR.

• Size: Mini (up to 6in.)
• Region of Origin: Europe
• Material: Alabaster
• Time Period Manufactured: 2000-Now
• Type: Statue
• Color: White
• Placement: Table
• Subject: Greek Mythology
• Culture: Greek
• Original/Licensed Reproduction: Reproduction
• Item Height: 5.9