The statue, dated to the 1st-2nd century AD, probably represented Apollo, god of the Sun and of the arts, a Greek deity later venerated also in the Roman world. It was recovered in Venafro (IS) from the foundations of Palazzo Monachetti, during works that took place following the earthquake that occurred in May 1984. The peculiarity of the sculpture is given by the traces of polychromy present in some points of the surface, proof of how , in ancient times, the statues were decorated with very vivid and bright colors, then gradually canceled by time. The visual perception that we currently have of statues of the classical era does not therefore correspond to that of the ancients: in fact, they were partially painted with bright colors to create a strong visual impact and thus attract the attention of the viewer.