Apollo, Litterae

Stradanus (1523-1605)


Item type:
drawing
Date of creation:
before 1594
Height:
11.0 cm  (4 5/16 in.)
Width:
14.6 cm  (5 3/4 in.)
Technique / Medium:
brown ink and chalk on paper
Place of creation:
Firenze (Italia)

    Item location

  • Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum
    [Museum inv. no.: 1901-39-2661 recto]

Description

Preparatory drawing - bozzetto - for the drawing that was turned into print of Apollo under a tree surrounded by the tools indicating the arts he protects (see RIdIM 3127).

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Lyre [3501]
Lute [3394]

Image URLs

image link 1
RKD record

Bibliographic references

Baroni Vannucci, Alessandra. Jan Van Der Straet detto Giovanni Stradano: flandrus pictor et inventor (Milano: Jandi Sapi, 1997) cat. 508. ISBN 9788871420387.

RIdIM record id

3128