Apollo Belvedere.
Marble statue (Vatican Mus.) of the Greek god Apollo, discovered towards the end of the 15th century and long regarded as one of the supreme masterpieces of world art and the absolute standard for male beauty (it is named after the Belvedere Court in the Vatican, in which it was once displayed). The statue is a copy from the Roman period of a ... ...
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