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