Bust of Apollo of Belvedere. 32cm

Description

Decorative bust of high quality, made in reconstituted marble (marble powder) and finely polished. Patinated with natural earth, which gives the figure the beauty of a sculpture ​aged by the course of time.

Approx. weight: 4 kg.

This sculpture can be exposed to the weather (outdoors). Ideal for the decoration or as a gift.

The Apollo of Belvedere also called the Pythian Apollo, is a famous marble sculpture of classical antiquity. It was rediscovered in the late fifteenth century, during the Renaissance. Since the middle of the eighteenth century, it was considered the best antique sculpture by the neoclassicists; and during centuries it was considered the epitome of the ideals of aesthetic perfection in the European and Western culture.