Apollo, Herdsman to King Admetus, seated at left playing the lyre with fauns and dryads dancing and listening at right, Mercury stealing the King's cattle in the background at right
Artwork Details
- Title: Apollo, Herdsman to King Admetus, seated at left playing the lyre with fauns and dryads dancing and listening at right, Mercury stealing the King's cattle in the background at right
- Artist: William Byrne (British, 1743–1805)
- Artist: Intermediary draftsman Richard Earlom (British, London 1743–1822 London)
- Artist: After Filippo Lauri (Italian, Rome 1623–1694 Rome)
- Publisher: John Boydell (British, Dorrington, Shropshire 1720–1804 London)
- Date: 1768
- Medium: Engraving
- Dimensions: Sheet (Trimmed): 15 13/16 × 19 5/16 in. (40.2 × 49.1 cm)
- Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951
- Object Number: 51.501.3214
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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