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Apollo Belvedere - Vatican

The arrow has just left Apollo's bow and the effort impressed on his musculature still lingers. His hair, lightly curled, flows in ringlets down his neck and rises gracefully to the summit of his head, which is encircled with the strophium, a band symbolic of gods and kings. His quiver is suspended across his left shoulder. He is entirely nude except for his sandals and a robe (chlamys) clasped at his right shoulder, turned up on his left arm, and thrown back.

 

Apollo Belvedere, Roman copy [2nd cent AD]

Rome, Vatican Museums, Musei Vaticani

 

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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Belvedere

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Uploaded on May 16, 2016
Taken on November 3, 2011