L'APOLLO DEL BELVEDERE -- Le 100 più belle statue italiane -- known in Rome in the late 15th century.

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L'Apollo del Belvedere once holding a bow in his left hand.

•  Height: 2.28m.
• Copy of a marble statue.
• The statue:
  • is known as Apollo Belvedere.
  • is a version of a Greek original of the late 4th or early 3rd century BC.
  • was known in Rome in the late 15th century.
  • is now in Rome, Musei Vaticani, Cortile Belvedere, inv. 1015.