Original antique print Apollo, Olympian Greek mythological deity, among many attributed responsibilities, is the also God of music and dance. He is often depicted with his Lyra or playing it. Here is sitting on a rock, reaching out to a winged putto handing him a gift. Copper etching hand-colored and gouached with Pompeian red, surrounded by velvety black gouache color.

Mythology, Ancient World, Apollo, Lyra, Puto, Herculaneum

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No title. Apollo, Olympian Greek mythological deity, among many attributed responsibilities, is the also God of music and dance. He is often depicted with his Lyra or playing it. Here is sitting on a rock, reaching out to a winged putto handing him a gift.

Copper etching hand-colored and gouached with Pompeian red, surrounded by velvety black gouache color.

The etching was published in "Abbildungen der Gemälde und Alterthümer, welche seit 1738 sowohl in der verschütteten Stadt Herkulaneum, als auch in den umliegenden Gegenden an das Licht gebracht worden".

(Wall frescos and antiquities found in the excavations of Heruculaneum and vicinity after 1738)

Augsburg, 1793-1797

Author: Georg Christoph Kilian (1709-1781)

Only very minor traces of age and use.

Image: 18,5 x 18 cm (ca. 7.3 x 7.1")

Sheet: 25,3 cm square (10" square)