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<p>The Apollo Belvedere among Dead Trees
Louis Gabriel Blanchet	(1705–1772)
National Trust, Saltram
</p><p>The marble sculpture of Apollo Belvedere was owned by Giuliano della Rovere at Santi Apostoli, Florence, before he became Pope Julius II. It is now in the Vatican Museums.
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This is one of a set of eight paintings of celebrated ancient Greek statuary painted in grisaille (a grey-green monochrome colour) by the artist. The set was probably commissioned as souvenirs by John Parker (1734/1735–1788), MP, during his Grand Tour of Italy in 1764 and may have occupied a garden building at Saltram.</div>
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Louis Gabriel Blanchet</div>
18<sup>th</sup> century <div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1750-00-00T00:00:00Z/7</div>
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