Apollo Belvedere In Marble And Bronze Meissen after Jean-Antoine Houdon

after Jean-Antoine Houdon

set upon a solid square base

conjec­tured that it was intended to represent Achilles

A work in marble by the Flemish sculptor and bronze worker Giambologna

and sculptors competed to put all manner of subjects under “see-through” garments

Apollo Belvedere In Marble And Bronze Meissen after Jean-Antoine HoudonApollo Belvedere, a bust, after the antique, finished in antique bronze and Marble, and set upon a Sienna socle. Finely finished in two tone antique bronze and polished marble, and set upon a Sienna base. This Roman bust is from a full marble statue, said to be the work of Leochares, which was found on one of the Della Rovere properties in the 16th century and was then brought to the Vatican by Julius II, and is still housed in the great collection of