Design Toscano Apollo Belvedere Sculptural Bust

Very happy with it. Design Toscano always delivers really good products. The position of the head looks like it’s tilted a little awkwardly when it’s not at face level. Because it’s meant to stand either higher than you or eye level. But once you put it on the table and you look at it from multiple different sides, it’s actually perfect because he’s looking sideways. Generally, the Greek gods were taller than human beings when they were in normal forms. Imposing.Somewhat heavy but that means quality. Very detailed and when light hits a specific way, it gives it a little bit of a realism vibe. Had mine on the floor corner with palm plants for a day, and it works. I did splurge on a Toscano stand for it (Greek column) to get it eye leveled.

Very large.impressive.looks like stone.

Apollo is wonderful. We have a large backyard that backs on to a park so I try to keep our yard nice but also expressive. This is great in our garden and looks totally in place among my flowers and herbs. I have another statue from this brand (Hercules) and they make a nice addition to the yard and garden. Heavy-doesn't blow over in the wind. Plan to bring it inside and store in the garage for our harsh midwest winter and bring out again in the Spring. Comes with practical instructions for care, amusing even. It's nice enough quality that if I had the space and decor, this would fit nicely inside. Sadly, I have not noticed Apollo showing his wrath over the chipmunks that share the garden but there's always next year.

For the price and hassle of returning it, I kept it. But, it's not what I expected from the pics. The torso is definitely male, but the head is totally female in proportions which is kinda weird: the torso head combo. If male, then male all the way, if female, then female all the way. Especially the chin, even for a female, the chin is too way thin to be realistic. Would I have purchased it had I seen it up close first? No.