APOLLO AT BELVEDERE by ELIOT RAFFIT

APOLLO AT BELVEDERE by ELIOT RAFFIT - Digital Painting from the SCULPTURE Collection | Digital Artist Fine Art Painting www.EliotRaffit.com and www.EliotBranding.com The Apollo Belvedere is a celebrated marble sculpture from classical antiquity. The work has been dated to mid-way through the 2nd century A.D. and is considered to be a Roman copy of an original bronze statue created between 330 and 320 B.C. by the Greek sculptor Leochares. 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. From the mid-18th century it was considered the greatest ancient sculpture by ardent neoclassicists.