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Nov 4, 2022 · How big is the Apollo Belvedere at the Vatican Museums? The sculpture was carved of white Italian marble and is placed on a pedestal. The Apollo Belvedere reaches a height of 224 centimeters (88 inches).
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.
As the new year begins, the conservative restoration of one of the most iconic and admired works in the Octagonal Court of the Vatican Museums: the statue of the Belvedere Apollo, is now underway. The sculpture, a replica of a bronze executed between 330 and 320 B.C. by Leochares, owes its consecration to the great German historian J. J ...
Sir John Everett Millais Bt. PRA, The Apollo Belvedere, December 1841. Black and white chalk on brown wove paper. 76 cm x 54 cm. © Photo: Royal Academy of Arts, London. This image is not available to download.
Of dimensions slightly above the natural, the Belvedere Apollo is in a dynamic attitude, as if walking. It rests on the right leg, which comes forward and rests on the trunk of a tree in which a snake climbs, while the left, slightly flexed, is behind.
Title: [Apollo Belvedere, Vatican] Artist: Unknown. Date: 1860s-70s. Medium: Albumen silver print. Dimensions: Mount: approx. 3 1/2 × 7 in. (8.9 × 17.8 cm) Classification: Photographs. Credit Line: Gift of Gilbert Tauber, 2023. Accession Number: 2023.619.8
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The Apollo Belvedere or Apollo of the Belvedere—also called the Pythian Apollo— is a celebrated marble sculpture from Classical Antiquity.
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