{"product_id":"apollo-hardstone-cameo","title":"Apollo Hardstone Cameo","description":"\u003cp\u003eSmall scale Victorian Grand Tour hardstone cameo depicting Apollo with his Lyre c.1870.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHigh relief carving in banded agate which on close inspection reveals bloodstone markings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e15 carat gold setting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCameo 2 cms by 1.8 cms.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe model for this Apollo is likely both the Apollo Belvedere and the Apollo Citharoedus.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTo the  Grand Tourists  of the c18th and c19th the Apollo Belvedere(housed in the Vatican Museum) was the most popular rediscovered Roman statue of all and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewas celebrated as the ultimate standard of male beauty and classical perfection.\u003c\/span\u003eThe original marble statue (a 2nd-century Roman copy of a Greek bronze by Leochares) was so revered that Renaissance masters like Michelangelo used it as anatomical inspiration.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cspan data-subtree=\"aimfl,mfl\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", \"Helvetica Neue\", sans-serif; font-size: 17.92px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);'\u003eThe marble statue of Apollo Citharoedus, depicting the Greek god playing a lyre\u003c\/span\u003e is currently housed in the Palazzo Altemps It is a 1st or 2nd-century AD Roman copy based on a Hellenistic original.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sian Harlowe Antique Jewellery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":64926955012445,"sku":null,"price":1200.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1028\/1205\/7949\/files\/5EA3BE4D-3F69-495B-BE97-772505EFAF55.jpg?v=1780941130","url":"https:\/\/sianharloweantiques.co.uk\/products\/apollo-hardstone-cameo","provider":"Sian Harlowe  Antique Jewellery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}