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This is a drawing of a winged figure standing on a cloud holding a staff. The figure is nude with one arm crossing their body and the other raised to touch their hair. The figure has one foot balanced on a cloud. Beside the figure are a staff, a bow, and a lyre on the ground. In the background is an oval frame with detailed hatching for depth. The figure's gaze is towards a floating emblem resembling a hand or flame in a circle. The drawing is intricately detailed with fine lines as seen in engraving.
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This is a drawing of a winged figure standing on a cloud holding a staff. The figure is nude with one arm crossing their body and the other raised to touch their hair. The figure has one foot balanced on a cloud. Beside the figure are a staff, a bow, and a lyre on the ground. In the background is an oval frame with detailed hatching for depth. The figure's gaze is towards a floating emblem resembling a hand or flame in a circle. The drawing is intricately detailed with fine lines as seen in engraving.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Apollo

comte de Anne-Claude-Philippe de Tubières Caylus after Edme Bouchardon

Medium
etching on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 19.7 x 16 cm (7 3/4 x 6 5/16 in.) sheet: 26.2 x 21.4 cm (10 5/16 x 8 7/16 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
2000.30.1
Credit line
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Time span
1651 to 1700
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • French
  • etching
  • male
  • figure
  • classical
  • mythology
Provenance

(Christopher Mendez, London); purchased 2000 by NGA.

Inscription

lower left in plate: bouchardon Invenit; lower right in plate: C.S.

NGA object ID 111729. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.