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The Apollo Belvedere (also called the Belvedere Apollo, Apollo of the Belvedere, or Pythian Apollo) [1] is a celebrated marble sculpture from classical antiquity.. The work has been dated to mid-way through the 2nd century A.D. and is considered to be a Roman copy of an original bronze statue created between 330 and 320 B.C. by the Greek sculptor Leochares. [2]
4th century BC 1880 Source: Jeanne d'Arc at Domrémy Listening to the Heavenly Voice' Henri Chapu: 1870 1882 Source: Satyr with Crotales Unknown C. 300 BC 1886 Source: Satyr with the Infant Bacchus Unknown 4th century BC 1886 Source: Arrotino: Unknown C. 250-200 BC 1886 Source: Apollo Belvedere: Leochares (replica) 4th century BC 1886 Source ...
Between 1753 and 1757, Count Étienne François de Choiseul, Louis XV's ambassador to Rome in the 1740s, commissioned four paintings from Pannini: the Galleries of Views of Ancient Rome [7] and Modern Rome, [8] a view of the Place Saint-Peter and an Interior of St. Peter's Basilica. [9] These paintings were made between 1754 and 1757.
Salvator Mundi by Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci (c. 1500) This is a list of the highest known prices paid for paintings. The record is approximately US$450.3 million (which includes commission), paid for Leonardo da Vinci's Salvator Mundi (c. 1500). The painting was sold in November 2017, [1] [2] through the auction house Christie's in New ...
Diana of Versailles. Leochares worked at the construction of the Mausoleum of Mausolos at Halicarnassus, one of the "Seven Wonders of the Ancient World".The Diana of Versailles is a Roman copy of his original (c. 325 BC).
The high-end art market seems to be a great option for investment these days. On Tuesday, Vincent Van Gogh's painting, L'Allée des Alyscamps sold at a Sotheby's auction for $66.3 million to a ...
The second floor exhibits classical art. Room V presents original sculptures and copies from the Roman period as well as Greek sculpture of the fifth century BCE. Room VI displays copies of classical and late classical Roman work, along with funerary sculptures from Greece.
Nineteenth-century art historians noticed that the pose resembles that of the Apollo Belvedere. Until the late twentieth century, it was assumed that the pose was transposed from the earlier statue. Based on Daniel Chester French's journals, modern art historians have shown that the Apollo Belvedere was only one of several statues that were ...