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Statuette of the Apis Bull in the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, June 2018
Statuette of the Apis Bull (Primary Title)
Unknown (Artist)
Date: 1st century BC-1st century AD
Culture: Roman
Category: Sculpture
Medium: copper alloy, silver inlay
Collection: Ancient Art
Dimensions: Overall (statuette): 4 5/8 × 2 1/4 × 7 in. (11.75 × 5.72 × 17.78 cm)
Overall (base): 1 1/2 × 6 × 2 3/4 in. (3.81 × 15.24 × 6.99 cm)
Object Number: 92.1
The cult of Apis remained popular in the Roman period, although Roman renderings of the bull such as this statuette were more naturalistic than their Egyptian forerunners.
Text from: www.vmfa.museum/piction/6027262-66690854
Unknown (Artist)
Date: 1st century BC-1st century AD
Culture: Roman
Category: Sculpture
Medium: copper alloy, silver inlay
Collection: Ancient Art
Dimensions: Overall (statuette): 4 5/8 × 2 1/4 × 7 in. (11.75 × 5.72 × 17.78 cm)
Overall (base): 1 1/2 × 6 × 2 3/4 in. (3.81 × 15.24 × 6.99 cm)
Object Number: 92.1
The cult of Apis remained popular in the Roman period, although Roman renderings of the bull such as this statuette were more naturalistic than their Egyptian forerunners.
Text from: www.vmfa.museum/piction/6027262-66690854
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