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Aug 9, 2013 · 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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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).
Apr 27, 2021 · Description: 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.
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The Apollo Belvedere, originally in the church of St Peter in Chains, Julius’ titular church when he was a cardinal, has been in its present site since 1509. It is a 2nd-century AD Roman copy of a 4th-century BC bronze original attributed to the sculptor Leochares.
2nd-century CE Roman copy of a 4th-century BCE bronze original attributed to the sculptor Leochares. Inv. No. 1015. Rome, Vatican Museums, Pius-Clementine Museum, Octagonal Court, Apollo Cabinet, 2. (Roma, Musei Vaticani, Museo Pio-Clementino, Cortile ottagono, Gabinetto dell’Apollo, 2).
Jul 25, 2019 · Roman sculptors were also fond of Apollo and a celebrated marble statue of the god, now in the Vatican Museums in Rome, is the Apollo Belvedere, a 2nd-century CE copy of a bronze statue of the 4th-century BCE by Leochares.
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. Number: 352. Material: Marble. Location of Original:
