The statue was sequestered in a back workshop of the Louvre. Louis ... the most admired and coveted was the Apollo Belvedere, which had been taken from the Vatican. Although now thought to ...

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 ...

the goddesses Diana and Hygeia among many other priceless statues that the Louvre houses in its wings. During our private tour we learnt that beauty is living art and the task of expressing it in ...