Dance of the Muses, with Apollo at center and a musician at each end

Philippe Thomassin French

After Baldassarre Tommaso Peruzzi Italian

1615

Not on view

Artwork Details

Title: Dance of the Muses, with Apollo at center and a musician at each end
Artist: Philippe Thomassin (French, Troyes 1562–1622 Rome)
Artist: After Baldassarre Tommaso Peruzzi (Italian, Ancaiano 1481–1536 Rome)
Date: 1615
Medium: Engraving; second state of two
Dimensions: Plate: 12 5/16 × 28 7/16 in. (31.2 × 72.3 cm)
Sheet: 14 15/16 × 30 11/16 in. (38 × 78 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959
Object Number: 59.596.72
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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