Apollo Belvedere -- Pio Clementino Museum

https://www.museivaticani.va/content/museivaticani/en/collezioni/musei/museo-pio-clementino/Cortile-Ottagono/apollo-del-belvedere.html

Just over half a century ago, Kenneth Clark wrote

>>..For four hundred years after it was discovered the Apollo was the most admired piece of sculpture in the world. It was Napoleon's greatest boast to have looted it from the Vatican. Now it is completely forgotten except by the guides of coach parties, who have become the only surviving transmitters of traditional culture. <<

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After multiple restorations and delays caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the newly restored Apollo Belvedere has been unveiled at the Vatican Museums to much fanfare and praise.

https://wildhunt.org/2024/11/the-icon-of-beauty-apollo-belvedere-restored-and-unveiled-at-vatican.html

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Apollo Belvedere

When it comes to representations of the beauty of the male body, I prefer this to Michelangelo's David.

#MaleBeauty #ApolloBelvedere #ClassicalSculpture

Classical beauty.

Renaissance bronze Apollo donated to British nation to pay inheritance tax bill | Museums | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2023/dec/12/renaissance-bronze-apollo-donated-to-british-nation-to-pay-inheritance-tax-bill

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