S5.1 APOLLO BELVEDERE
Museum Collection | Pio-Clementino Museum, Vatican City |
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Catalogue No. | Vatican B92 or 1015 |
Title | Apollo Belvedere |
Type | Statue |
Material | Marble |
Height | 2.15 metres |
Context | Found near Antium |
Original / Copy | Roman copy of Greek bronze statue by Leochares 350 - 325 B.C. (Heavily restored) |
Style | Late Classical |
Date | C2nd A.D. |
Period | Imperial Roman |
DESCRIPTION
The youthful god Apollo stands nude beside a serpent-entwined pillar with arm outstretched. The drawn bow in his hands is lost.