Large Classical Apollo Belvedere Bust Sculpture, 2 ft.

Large Classical Apollo Belvedere Bust Sculpture | Stained plaster bust facing right draped in classical style attire and rising on round pedestal base | Marked Attila's with a harp mark underfoot | Approx. Size: 24" H x 15" W x 8" D; 29.75 lbs | The Apollo Belvedere (also called the Belvedere Apollo, Apollo of the Belvedere, or Pythian Apollo) is a celebrated marble sculpture from Classical Antiquity, thought to be an original Roman re-creation of Hadrianic date (ca. 120–140). It was rediscovered in central Italy in the late 15th century during the Italian Renaissance and was placed on semi-public display in the Vatican Palace in 1511, where it remains. It is now in the Cortile del Belvedere of the Pio-Clementine Museum of the Vatican Museums complex. From the mid-18th century it was considered the greatest ancient sculpture by ardent neoclassicists, and for centuries it epitomized the ideals of aesthetic perfection for Europeans and westernized parts of the world.