Perry, Walter Copland: Greek and Roman sculpture: a popular introduction to the history of Greek and Roman sculpture (London, 1882)

THE APOLLO BELVEDERE.

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CHAPTER LI.

EXTANT WORKS OF GRsECO-ROMAN PERIOD

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The Apollo Belvedere (fig. 248). This most universally known and
most popular of ancient statues yig. 24

was discovered towards the end of
the fifteenth century at Capo
d'Anzo (Antium), the birthplace
of Caligula and Nero, the latter of
w hom loved to pose as the repre-
sentative of the ' fair-haired ' and
' musical' God. The missing left
hand and fingers of the right hand,
with the all-important attributes
which they bore, were restored in
1532 by Montorsoli, a pupil of
Michael Angelo. It is still a matter
°f dispute whether the marble of
this statue is Greek or Italian.

The ' radiant Pythian ' is repre-
sented marching along with his left
arm raised, as if holding aloft some Alou o MtVWWWt

object. His face is turned in the direction of the hand, and he is
gazing with a bold, proud, and triumphant expression into the far
distance.

The first appearance of this beautiful and striking work of art
Xv,ls greeted with enthusiastic joy, and in all succeeding ages its
Praises have been sung in every clime and language of the civilised