The story of art throughout the ages; an illustrated record (1904)
Reinach, Salomon, 1858-1932, Simmonds, Florence · New York, C. Scribner's Sons · leaf 82
Fig. 100). It is a copy of a bronzestatue which must have been executeda few years after the death of Alex-ander ; the original has been attributed,on no very sufficient evidence, toLeochares, one of the artists, whoworked upon the Mausoleum underthe direction of Scopas. The body ofApollo offers a… … -STATUE KNOWN AS THE APOLLOBELVEDERE. (Museum of the Vatican.) the skeleton is enveloped in flesh andskin; elegance has been achieved 63 THE STORY OF ART THROUGHOUT THE AGES at the expense of vigour. The headof the Belvedere Apollo has character-
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