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The subject is from classical myth, the figure posed in a contraposto stance, and dressed in a generalised classical costume, but close inspection reveals distinctive features, such as the stubble on the face, the elaborate thongs on the sandals, and even traces of the sculptor's fingerprint on the chest.\r\nThe figure was probably an academic piece, and was viewed as a finished work in its own right.\r\nLouis Royer was one of the most important Belgian sculptors of the first half of the nineteenth century, and a leading exponent of neo-classicism.","physicalDescription":"Apollo stands, his weight on his left leg, his right leg slightly forward, holding his lyre in his left hand, and about to pluck the strings with his right. He holds his head up, his eyes looking to his left, with his mouth half-open, as if he is singing. He wears a laurel wreath around his head, a knee length tunic, with a long cloak held by a diagonal strap accross his chest, and sandals on his feet. 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