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VATICAN MUSEUMS, THE APOLLO BELVEDERE RETURNED TO LIFE

After five years, the curtain is raised on the Apollo Belvedere. The panels of the restoration site were finally removed from the Octagon Courtyard, which, prolonged by the forced pause imposed by the pandemic, obscured the timeless beauty of one of the iconic sculptures of the Vatican Museums.
This masterpiece, dating back to the post-Hellenistic period (second half of the II century AD), was found in Anzio towards the end of the XV century, during the Renaissance, but has lived several movements before being placed in the Pio Clementino Museum in the Vatican Museums. The white marble statue represents the Greek god Apollo, who has just killed the serpent Python, a Ctonia deity native to Delphi, with the arrows of his bow. The muscles, still tense, suggest the effort that follows the battle against Python, while the curly hair falls back fluid on the neck and elegantly gathered on the head, surrounded by the strophium, an ornamental band symbolizing a deity or a king.

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