It is contained in a namesake (*) courtyard designed by Bramante in the Vatican Palace, and shows the subject nude but for the cloak on his back the moment after he has fired his arrow.
The poem "Antiquarie Prospetiche Romane" claims this work was held by a Genoese cardinal at SS. Apostoli, while various codices attest it was found in the garden of San Pietro in Vincoli. Thomas Crawford's sculpture of Cerberus borrowed the pose of the sculptures of two Molossian dogs that sit next to this work. Giovanni Montorsoli restored part of the right arm and the left hand, and Antonio Canova created his Perseus with the Head of Medusa to replace it after Napoleon took it in 1796. It is contained in a namesake (*) courtyard designed by Bramante in the Vatican Palace, and shows the subject nude but for the cloak on his back the moment after he has fired his arrow. For 10 points, name this copy of a Leochares sculpture depicting its figure after he kills the Python.
The poem "Antiquarie Prospetiche Romane" claims this work was held by a Genoese cardinal at SS.
{Apollo Belvedere} [accept {Apollo} of the {Belvedere} or {Pythian Apollo}]