Apollo at right and Diana at center killing the children of the Niobids, sheet one from a series depicting the lost frieze at the Palazzo Milesi

after 1656
Not on view
Copy in reverse of a print by Galestruzzi depicting Polidoro da Caravaggio's lost frieze on the Palazzo Milesi in Rome.

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  • Title: Apollo at right and Diana at center killing the children of the Niobids, sheet one from a series depicting the lost frieze at the Palazzo Milesi
  • Series/Portfolio: Series depicting the lost Niobid Frieze from the Palazzo Milesi
  • Artist: Anonymous
  • Artist: After Giovanni Battista Galestruzzi (Italian, Florence, 1615 or 1618–after 1669)
  • Artist: After Polidoro da Caravaggio (Italian, Caravaggio ca. 1499–ca. 1543 Messina)
  • Date: after 1656
  • Medium: Etching
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 4 7/16 × 13 1/4 in. (11.2 × 33.6 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951
  • Object Number: 51.501.768a
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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