Apollo bust in terracotta "Apollo of the Belvedere" Pythian Apollo
Reproduction of the bust of Apollo Belvedere, our terracotta reproduction.
The Apollo of Belvedere is a copy of a bronze statue created between 350 and 325 BC from the greek sculptor Leocares.
The Apollo Belvedere (also called the Belvedere Apollo, Apollo of the Belvedere, or Pythian Apollo) is a celebrated marble sculpture from Classical Antiquity.
The Apollo is now thought to be an original Roman creation of Hadrianic date (c. 120–140 AD), though in a Hellenistic style. The distinctively Roman footwear is one reason scholars believe it is not a copy of an original Greek statue. It was rediscovered in central Italy in the late 15th century during the Italian Renaissance and was placed on semi-public display in the Vatican Palace in 1511, where it remains. It is now in the Cortile del Belvedere of the Pio-Clementine Museum of the Vatican Museums complex.
From the mid-18th century it was considered the greatest ancient sculpture by ardent neoclassicists, and for centuries it epitomized the ideals of aesthetic perfection for Europeans and westernized parts of the world.
Source: Wikipedia
- Height
- 68
- Width
- 50
- Depth
- 37
- Weight
- 22
- Diameter of the base
- 22
- Outer diameter
- 65
- Internal diameter
- 50
- Historical period
- 350 b.C.
- Manufacturing
- Recuperando srl
- Material
- Terracotta
- Museum where the Original is exhibited
- Vatican Museums, Vatican City