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This drawing features a group of figures in a dynamic and mythological setting. The central focus shows figures engaged in a scene with musical instruments present. One figure wears a radiant headpiece. The lower part of the composition includes a pool of water with a reclining figure and a horse leaning down towards them. The artwork uses rich brown tones and white highlights on toned paper creating depth and movement. The swirling lines and soft sketches give an ethereal quality to the figures and setting.
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This drawing features a group of figures in a dynamic and mythological setting. The central focus shows figures engaged in a scene with musical instruments present. One figure wears a radiant headpiece. The lower part of the composition includes a pool of water with a reclining figure and a horse leaning down towards them. The artwork uses rich brown tones and white highlights on toned paper creating depth and movement. The swirling lines and soft sketches give an ethereal quality to the figures and setting.

National Gallery of Art · Drawing

Apollo and the Muses on Mount Parnassus

Johann Christoph Storer

Date
c. 1640
Medium
pen and brown ink and brown wash, heightened with white, over black chalk on laid paper
Dimensions
overall: 36 x 24.3 cm (14 3/16 x 9 9/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Accession number
2003.45.2
Credit line
William B. O'Neal Fund
Time span
1601 to 1650
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • German
  • mythology
Provenance

Richard Holtkutt (not in Lugt). (sale, Sotheby's New York, 21 January 2003, no. 47); (via Jean-Luc Baroni, London); purchased 2003 by NGA.

Inscription

by later hand, upper center verso in brwon ink: questo Disegno molto è stato piaciuto e stimato dal / Sig. Battoni ma non ha saputo trovare il vero Autore

NGA object ID 127331. 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.