Apollo with lyre

Unknown (British)

Wedgwood (English ceramics manufactory, 1759 to the present)


Item type:
decorative art
Date of creation:
1775-1800
Height:
5.7 cm  (2 1/4 in.)
Width:
4.8 cm  (1 7/8 in.)
Technique / Medium:
jasperware pottery

    Item location

  • Art Institute of Chicago
    [Museum inv. no.: 1944.254]

Description

Apollo standing, with his lyre resting on a pedestal.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Lyre [3501]

Bibliographic references

Owens, Margareth Boyer. Art Institute of Chicago. RIdIM/RCMI inventory of music iconography, no. 2. Edited by Terence Ford (New York: Research Center for Musical Iconography, 1987) 8 (169da82). RILM 1988-275.

Notes

Record not found as of 8/27/2019 on the Art Institute of Chicago's website.

RIdIM record id

1983