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The Apollo Belvedere

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a celebrated statue of Apollo in the Belvedere gallery of the Vatican palace at Rome, esteemed of the noblest representations of the human frame.

See also: Apollo



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Winckelmann must have stretched an arm with a gesture borrowed from the Apollo Belvedere to indicate the wonders that awaited the duke, just a stroll up the steps.
Many of the most famous examples the Apollo Belvedere, the Farnese Hercules and the Venus de Medici were widely reproduced either as full-sized plaster casts or in reduced format as part of the decor of Victorian hallways and conservatories.
A rumour circulated in Paris that the Pope had promised the Prince Regent the Apollo Belvedere in return for British help in pressing the Vatican's claims, but the Apollo Belvedere went back to Rome.
 
 
 
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