A SET OF TWO PATINATED BRONZE BUSTS OF APOLLO BELVEDERE AND DIANA OF VERSAILLE
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A SET OF TWO PATINATED BRONZE BUSTS OF APOLLO BELVEDERE AND DIANA OF VERSAILLE

AFTER THE ANTIQUE, EARLY 20TH CENTURY

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A SET OF TWO PATINATED BRONZE BUSTS OF APOLLO BELVEDERE AND DIANA OF VERSAILLE
AFTER THE ANTIQUE, EARLY 20TH CENTURY
36 cm. high each
And a pair of copper two-handled vases, 20th century - 42 cm. high (4)
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The Apollo Belvedere is a celebrated marble sculpture from Classical Antiquity. It was rediscovered in the late 15th century, during the Renaissance, and for centuries (up through the 19th century) it has epitomized ideals of aesthetic perfection for Europeans and westernized parts of the world.
The Diana of Versailles is a slightly over lifesize marble statue of the Greek goddess Artemis, with a deer, located in the Musée du Louvre, Paris. It is a Roman copy (1st or 2nd century AD) of a lost Greek bronze original attributed to Leochares, circa 325 BC.

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