# Apollo

[View the canonical artwork record](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/lvarez-y-cubero-jos-r96ddc00b67094f/apollo-rb7a0091857a5c2>)

## Artwork

- Artist: [ÁLVAREZ Y CUBERO, José](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/lvarez-y-cubero-jos-r96ddc00b67094f>)
- Date: 1801-1850
- Technique: Marble, height 150 cm

## Commentary

In Spain, the principal sculptors at the beginning of the nineteenth century were those who had trained in France or Italy and who identified closely with international Neoclassicism. José Álvarez Cubero was the foremost of these. Like Canova, he produced elegant freestanding figures.

## Related artworks

- [Isabel de Braganza, Queen of Spain](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/lvarez-y-cubero-jos-r96ddc00b67094f/isabel-de-braganza-queen-of-spain-ref257b82f6fae7>)
- [The Defence of Zaragoza](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/lvarez-y-cubero-jos-r96ddc00b67094f/the-defence-of-zaragoza-r136c63424f5585>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)