Mithraic torch-bearer Cautes/Cautopates, Vatican, Museum Chiaramonti, XXXIII, 5. Originally held a torch, but when discovered in 1785 misinterpreted as Apollo and thus in the subsequent restoration in Paris given an apple to hold. <i>CIMRM</i> 507/<i>MMM</i> II 209.27. Marble, Roman artwork, 2nd–3rd century CE. From a grotto 5 miles outside Porta Portese in Rome, 1785.  Found together with torch-bearer sibling statue <i>CIMRM</i> 506, likewise misinterpreted/restored as Apollo, now in the British Museum (<i>Cat. Br. Mus.</i>, 89 No. 1722).
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<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Jastrow" title="User:Jastrow">Jastrow</a> (2006)