The sourced Wikipedia account of the Apollo Belvedere, covering its dating to about AD 120-140 as a Roman copy of a lost Greek bronze attributed to Leochares (c.330-320 BC), its rediscovery around 1489, its display in the Vatican Museums' Cortile del Belvedere, and its long reception as one of the most celebrated works of ancient sculpture, especially under Winckelmann's 1755 neoclassical championing.
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Citation
PublisherWikipedia
URLhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Belvedere
Source Typeencyclopedia
Assessment
Reliability Tier3
Tier three: a collaboratively edited reference article, used here for the statue's dating, attribution, discovery and reception history, corroborated on Vatican custody by the second source. Cross-Tradition Connections
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This source names Vatican Museums directly: "around 1489, its display in the Vatican Museums' Cortile del Belvedere, and its long reception as one of the most celebrated works of ancient sculpture, especially under Winckelmann's 1755..."
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This source backs 31 claims across the atlas. As facts: 24 well-attested. As cited relationships: 6 holds. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Sacred Art & Iconography, 25 claims: 19 well-attested, 5 holds, 1 general references.
- Sources, 6 claims: 5 well-attested, 1 holds.
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