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

As for the Apollo's provenance, the gaps remain. A retired German lawyer, Ernst-Ulrich Walter, said in 2004 that he found the work lying in pieces in 1993 or 1994 when he reclaimed his family's ...

Apollo is one of the most important and complex of the Olympian deities in Classical Greek and Roman mythology. The son of Zeus and Leto, Apollo was said to be the god of archery, music and dance ...

In the carving, Apollo's head is seen in profile, with his long hair flowing over a wide neck. The Greek and Roman god also has a large nose, thick lips and a prominent chin in the carving.

Archaeology & History See the Life-Sized Marble Statue of Apollo Just Unearthed From an Ancient Spa in Tuscany. The statue was found at a site that has already proven rich in Roman and Etruscan finds.

The painting shows a gathering of Roman gods and goddesses, tended upon by satyrs and nymphs in a lush forest. Among them are Jupiter (the Roman god of the sky), Neptune (god of the sea), Apollo ...