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  1. 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 ...

  2. Aug 9, 2013 · Illustration. by Mark Cartwright. published on 09 August 2013. 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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  4. 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 ...

  5. Apollo Belvedere. Apollo is a god of many things, including music, and a protector against evil. He is often depicted in a decidedly feminine manner, with soft curves, rounded shapes, and long hair artfully arranged. Even here, where he has just shot his deadly arrows at Python, a female monster, and usurped her temple in Delphi.

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  7. In this drawing, both the Apollo Belvedere (on the left) and the Laocoön on the right, are depicted with their 16th-century “restorations.” Federico Zuccaro, Taddeo in the Belvedere Court in the Vatican Drawing the Laocoön, c. 1595, pen and brown ink, brush with brown wash, over black chalk and touches of red chalk, 17.5 x 42.5 cm (The J. Paul Getty Museum)

  8. 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.

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