The Academy of Athens is lauded around the world as a marvelous example of neoclassical architecture, representing Greece's ...

The Apollo Belvedere—chiseled in the second century, excavated from a ruin over a millennium later, and installed at the ...

The Vatican’s famous Apollo Belvedere—a marble statue of the Greek god of archery, music and dance—is finally back on public display after a five-year restoration. The seven-foot-tall statue ...

At the corner of King George I and Filonos Streets, in the heart of Athens' seaport, Piraeus, last week, one of the most important Greek sculptures yet found came to light. Workmen ripping up the ...

LONDON, March 23, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Apollo Art Auctions is delighted to announce its upcoming Fine Ancient Art, Antiquities & Jewellery auction, set to take place on March 29th at 1pm GMT ...

The Apollo Belvedere, modeled after an ancient original, has been restored multiple times over the course of its existence.

LONDON, Dec. 06, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Apollo Art Auctions is proud to announce the ‘Fine Ancient Art & Antiquities’ auction taking place on the 15th of December. The auction will showcase ...

In December 2022, a small crowd gathered around the Fountain of Apollo in the gardens of the Palace of Versailles to watch a crane lift the Greek god and his four-horse chariot out of the water ...

A Roman marble copy of a Greek bronze original from circa 330 B.C., the Apollo Belvedere has inspired masterpieces by Dürer (Adam in his 1504 engraving of “Adam and Eve”) and Canova ...