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Standing Figure of Apollo with a Lyre

1666–1724
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Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Standing Figure of Apollo with a Lyre
  • Artist: Paolo Gerolamo Piola (Italian, Genoa 1666–1724 Genoa)
  • Date: 1666–1724
  • Medium: Brush and brown wash, highlighted with white, over traces of charcoal, on blue paper; traces of squaring in charcoal
  • Dimensions: 11 1/8 x 5 11/16in. (28.2 x 14.4cm)
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: Purchase, David L. Klein Jr. Memorial Foundation Gift; Emma Swan Hall Gift; Mr. and Mrs. Carl Selden, Pace Editions Inc. Gift; Rogers Fund, and Mr. and Mrs. David T. Schiff Gift, 1978
  • Object Number: 1978.143
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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