Apollo playing to the muses and two cupids

Bartolozzi, Francesco (1727-1815)

Item type:

print

Date of creation:

1793

Technique / Medium:

engraving

Description

In the clouds, with his brilliant halo illuminating the scene, Apollo sits playing a lyre; beside him are two muses with musical instruments (viola and transverse flute) and two putti. The muse on his right holds a rolled page of music (notation not identifiable).

Iconclass

92B3731
Apollo and the Muses
92B38(LYRE)
attributes of Apollo: lyre
48C73
musical instruments; group of musical instruments
92D1916
cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti'
48C74
notation of music

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Lyre [3501]
Transverse flute [4093]
Viola [3561] (possibly violin)

Musical works

illegible music notation

RIdIM images

Image URLs

image link 1

RIdIM record id

6347