Apollo (Greek deity)
Apollo (Greek deity)
RA Collection: People and Organisations
Apollo is one of the most important and complex of the Olympian deities in classical Greek and Roman religion and Greek and Roman mythology. The national divinity of the Greeks, Apollo has been recognized as a god of archery, music and dance, truth and prophecy, healing and diseases, the Sun and light, poetry, and more. He is the son of Zeus and Leto, and the twin brother of Artemis, goddess of the hunt. Seen as the most beautiful god and the ideal of the kouros (ephebe, or a beardless, athletic youth), Apollo is considered to be the most Greek of all the gods. Apollo is known in Greek-influenced Etruscan mythology as Apulu.
Works associated with Apollo (Greek deity) in the RA Collection
38 results
![Friedrich Kibler, Head of Apollo]()
Friedrich Kibler
Head of Apollo, 1788
Etching and engraving on laid paper
![Gérard Audran, Facial details from the Apollo Belvedere]()
Gérard Audran
Facial details from the Apollo Belvedere, 1683
Etching on laid paper
![Gérard Audran, Apollo Belvedere]()
Gérard Audran
Apollo Belvedere, 1683
Etching on laid paper
![Gérard Audran, 'Apollo pythien' [Apollo Belvedere] (other front view)]()
Gérard Audran
'Apollo pythien' [Apollo Belvedere] (other front view), 1683
Etching on laid paper
![Gérard Audran, 'Apollo pythien' [Apollo Belvedere] (front view)]()
Gérard Audran
'Apollo pythien' [Apollo Belvedere] (front view), 1683
Etching on laid paper
![Gérard Audran, Apollo Belvedere]()
Gérard Audran
Apollo Belvedere, 1683
Etching on laid paper
![John Flaxman RA, Apollo and Diana Discharging their Arrows]()
After John Flaxman RA
Apollo and Diana Discharging their Arrows, 1 March 1805
Etching
![John Flaxman RA, Lampetia complaining to Apollo]()
After John Flaxman RA
Lampetia complaining to Apollo, 1 March 1805
Etching
![Sir William Hamilton, Colour plate of Apollo, Eros and the Muses at their toilet, from attic hydria]()
Sir William Hamilton
Colour plate of Apollo, Eros and the Muses at their toilet, from attic hydria
Etching with hand colouring and highlights in white lead
![Sir William Hamilton, Attic hydria showing Apollo, Eros and the Muses at their toilet]()
Sir William Hamilton
Attic hydria showing Apollo, Eros and the Muses at their toilet
![Claude Randon, Apollo of the Belvedere]()
Claude Randon
Apollo of the Belvedere, 1704
Engraving with some etching
![Conrad Martin Metz, Apollo pursuing Daphne]()
Conrad Martin Metz
Apollo pursuing Daphne, 1790
Etching and aquatint printed in brown ink on wove paper
![Claude Du Bosc, Apollo standing with a laurel branch]()
Claude Du Bosc
Apollo standing with a laurel branch, [1730?]
Engraving
![Claude Du Bosc, Apollo with his lyre]()
Claude Du Bosc
Apollo with his lyre, [1730?]
Engraving
![Claude Du Bosc, Apollo with his lyre]()
Claude Du Bosc
Apollo with his lyre, [1730?]
Engraving
![Claude Du Bosc, Apollo with laurel branch]()
Claude Du Bosc
Apollo with laurel branch, [1730?]
Engraving
![Claude Du Bosc, Head of Apollo]()
Claude Du Bosc
Head of Apollo, [1730?]
Engraving
![John Flaxman RA, Orestes imploring Apollo to assist him (from The Eumenides)]()
After John Flaxman RA
Orestes imploring Apollo to assist him (from The Eumenides), 12 January 1795
Etching
![Domenichino, Apollo and Hyacinth.]()
Domenichino
Apollo and Hyacinth., 1771
Engraving and etching
![Annibale Carracci, Apollo and Silenus.]()
Annibale Carracci
Apollo and Silenus., 1770
Engraving
![Benjamin West PRA, Chryses invoking the Vengeance of Apollo against the Greeks]()
After Benjamin West PRA
Chryses invoking the Vengeance of Apollo against the Greeks, 1 March 1774
Mezzotint
![George Richmond RA, The Apollo Belvedere]()
George Richmond RA
The Apollo Belvedere, November 1824
Pencil and black chalk with white highlights on blue wove paper
![Thomas Kay, Photograph of a Roman copy of the Kassel Apollo attributed to Phidias]()
Thomas Kay
Photograph of a Roman copy of the Kassel Apollo attributed to Phidias, late nineteenth century
Albumen print mounted on off-white lightweight mount boards
![Unidentified photographer, Photograph of a roman copy of the Kassel Apollo attributed to Phidias]()
Unidentified photographer
Photograph of a roman copy of the Kassel Apollo attributed to Phidias, ca. late nineteenth century
Albumen print mounted on off-white lightweight mount boards
![Richard Earlom, Landscape with Apollo and Mercury]()
Richard Earlom
Landscape with Apollo and Mercury, 3 December 1776
Etching with mezzotint
![Richard Wilson RA and John Hamilton Mortimer ARA, Apollo and the Seasons]()
Richard Wilson RA and John Hamilton Mortimer ARA
Apollo and the Seasons, 1777
Etching and engraving
![Richard Earlom, Apollo and the Seasons]()
Richard Earlom
Apollo and the Seasons, 20 April 1772
Mezzotint
![Simon François Ravenet ARA, Daphne and Apollo]()
Simon François Ravenet ARA
Daphne and Apollo, ca. 1740
Etching and engraving
![Adriaan van der Cabel, Landscape with Apollo killing Coronis]()
Adriaan van der Cabel
Landscape with Apollo killing Coronis, ca. 1690?
Etching
![John Flaxman RA, Orestes Imploring the Aid of Apollo]()
John Flaxman RA
Orestes Imploring the Aid of Apollo, 1792 - 94
Pencil, pen and ink on cream wove paper
![John Flaxman RA, Orestes Imploring the Aid of Apollo]()
John Flaxman RA
Orestes Imploring the Aid of Apollo, 1792 - 94
Pencil, pen and ink on light grey laid paper
![John Flaxman RA, Apollo and Diana Discharging their Arrows]()
John Flaxman RA
Apollo and Diana Discharging their Arrows, 1792-3
Pencil, pen and ink on light grey laid paper
![John Flaxman RA, Apollo and Marpessa]()
John Flaxman RA
Apollo and Marpessa, ca. 1790-94
Marble relief
![Unidentified Roman sculptor, Cast of Apollo Giustiniani]()
After Unidentified Roman sculptor
Cast of Apollo Giustiniani, ?late 18th century
Plaster cast
![Giuseppe Cades, Apollo and Marsyas]()
Giuseppe Cades
Apollo and Marsyas, Late 18th century
Oil on canvas
![Philip Connard RA, Apollo and Daphne]()
Philip Connard RA
Apollo and Daphne, ca. 1925
Oil on canvas
![Sir John Everett Millais Bt. PRA, The Apollo Belvedere]()
Sir John Everett Millais Bt. PRA
The Apollo Belvedere, December 1841
Black and white chalk on brown wove paper
![John Flaxman RA, Lampetia complaining to Apollo]()
John Flaxman RA
Lampetia complaining to Apollo, 1792-1793
Pencil, pen and ink on cream laid paper
![Gérard Audran, 'Apollo pythien' [Apollo Belvedere] (other front view)](/image.pl?url=https%3a%2f%2fd1inegp6v2yuxm.cloudfront.net%2froyal-academy%2fimage%2fupload%2fc_limit%2ccs_tinysrgb%2cdn_72%2cdpr_auto%2cf_auto%2cfl_progressive.keep_iptc%2cw_350%2fqijbhvojxpet0mddwjxt.jpeg&f=jpg&w=240)
![Gérard Audran, 'Apollo pythien' [Apollo Belvedere] (front view)](/image.pl?url=https%3a%2f%2fd1inegp6v2yuxm.cloudfront.net%2froyal-academy%2fimage%2fupload%2fc_limit%2ccs_tinysrgb%2cdn_72%2cdpr_auto%2cf_auto%2cfl_progressive.keep_iptc%2cw_350%2fbbizzptxrhtuzq51qnj1.jpeg&f=jpg&w=240)
Associated books
3 results
Description De La Grotte De Versailles. - A Paris,: [1679]
03/2249
C.R. Cockerell RA
The Temples Of Jupiter Panhellenius At Ægina, And Of Apollo Epicurius At Bassæ Near Phigaleia In Arcadia. By C.R. Cockerell, Professor Of Architecture In The Royal Academy, Member Of The Institute Of British Architects, London; Honorary Doctor Of Civil Law, Oxford; Member Of The Dilettanti Society; Associated Member Of The Institute Of France, And Chevalier Of The Legion Of Honour; Member Of The Academy Of St. Luke In Rome; Foreign Member Of The Academies Of Munich, Copenhagen, Geneva, Etc., Etc., Etc. To Which Is Added A Memoir Of The Systems Of Proportion Employed In The Original Design Of These Structures. By William Watkiss Lloyd. - London:: 1860.
05/731
Les Proportions Du Corps Humain, Mesurées sur les plus belles Figures de l'Antiquité. - A Paris,: [1683]
03/2161