Apollo Belvedere
Creator Name
Cultural Context
Date
Source
About the Work
Curationist Object DescriptionBelvedere Apollo is a statue housed in the Octagonal Court of the Pio Clementino Museum at the Vatican, captured here by the Italian photography studio, Fratelli Alinari. The statue is of Roman origin, created in the mid-second century, and has been in the Vatican Palace since at least 1508. It is a copy of a bronze statue by the Greek sculptor Leochares from around 330-320 BCE. The left hand originally held a bow, to go with the quiver of arrows on the statue's back. Slithering up the tree stump on Apollo's right is Python, the serpent from Greek mythology, who lived at the center of the Earth and was slain by Apollo.
Rijksmuseum Object Description
Een marmeren beeld van Apollo Belvedere ook bekend als phyton Apollo.
Work details
"--" = no data available
= Curationist added metadataTitle
Creator
Worktype
Cultural Context
Material
Dimensions
Technique
Language
Date
Provenance
Style Period
--
Rights
Inscription
Location
Source
Subjects
Topic
--
Curationist Contributors
Related Content
All Works in Curationist’s archives can be reproduced and used freely. How to attribute this Work:
Fratelli Alinari, Apollo Belvedere, circa 1893 - circa 1903. Rijksmuseum. The statue Belvedere Apollo is a recreation of a bronze statue by Leochares that is housed in the Vatican Museums. Public Domain.
Help us improve this content!
Let our archivists know if you have something to add.
Save this work.
Start an account to add this work to your personal curated collection.
