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  1. Aug 9, 2013 · Illustration. by Mark Cartwright. published on 09 August 2013. Subscribe to author. Download Full Size Image. The Belvedere Apollo statue considered to be a 2nd century CE copy of a bronze statue of the 4th century BCE by Leochares. The god would have once held a bow in his left hand. (The Vatican Museums, Rome ).

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  2. Jun 8, 2019 · The statue known as the Apollo Belvedere was once the most famous sculpture in Rome. The statue is thought to be a Roman copy (2nd century CE) of a bronze original by the Greek sculptor Leochares (4th century BCE). The Apollo Belvedere was part of the collection of Cardinal Giuliano della Rovere. When the cardinal was elected pope, taking the ...

  3. Apr 27, 2021 · The Apollo Belvedere, a 2nd century CE Roman copy of a 4th century BCE Greek bronze, is so named because of its one-time home in the small Bramante-designed sculpture court (Cortile del Belvedere) of the summer residence connected to the Vatican Palace. Having been transported to Paris amongst the trove of artworks confiscated by Napoleon as ...

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  5. Apollo Belvedere, Fratelli Alinari, c. 1893 – c. 1903. Rijksmuseum Hubert le Sueur, bronze copy of the Apollo Belvedere, ca 1648, HuntingtonMuseum and Library, inv. 22.36, San Marino, California. Photo: Stephen Chappell. Next come questions about colors. The hair – dark brunette or light? Should he be ‘golden-haired Apollo’?

  6. The Apollo Belvedere was discovered near Rome in the late fifteenth century. Possibly a second-century marble copy of a bronze original by the Greek sculptor Leochares, the statue was immediately appreciated as a masterpiece and showered with praise.

  7. Apollo Belvedere. Roman copy of a Greek bronze original. This sculpture, showing Apollo having just fired an arrow, was usually considered the greatest work from ancient Greece and Rome until the nineteenth century. It was missing its hands when found and some scholars believe he was holding an aegis, or cloak, in his left hand.

  8. Apr 22, 2024 · Apollo Belvedere / Rear view. Detail: Torso and legs / Hellenistic; Creation date: original from Later 4th century BCE, Copy date: Roman copy from 2nd century CE

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