Relief of Apollo with Nike (27 BCE–14 CE): Art, History and Details

Relief of Apollo with Nike (27 BCE–14 CE) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

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.

Object facts

• Title: Relief of Apollo with Nike
• Date: 27 BCE–14 CE
• Culture: Italy, Roman, Augustan period
• Type: Sculpture
• Technique: Greek marble
• Dimensions: Overall: 41.6 x 46.4 cm (16 3/8 x 18 1/4 in.)
• Collection: GR - Roman
• Department: Greek and Roman Art
• Accession number: 1930.522

A detail from the museum

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

Collection credit

Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund

Further reading listed by the museum

• Art News XXIX, No. 8 (November 22, 1930): 8.
• Bieber, Margarete. “Roman Sculpture in the Cleveland Museum of Art.” Art in America 32, 2 (April 1944): 66–68.
• The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.

View the collection record

See the museum's photographs and full catalogue entry. Catalogue text is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art's open-access data, with HTML formatting removed. This object and its supplied image are designated CC0.