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The sculpture at the center of the image depicts a nude male figure standing in a classical contrapposto pose. The figure is robust and muscular, holding a bow in his left hand and an arrow in his right hand. The sculpture is made of a light-colored material, likely marble or a similar stone, detailed to show the contours of his body. The figure stands atop a decorative base adorned with intricate designs and motifs. Surrounding the sculpture are various figures dressed in elaborate historical European garments. The scene is rendered in a monochromatic palette.
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The sculpture at the center of the image depicts a nude male figure standing in a classical contrapposto pose. The figure is robust and muscular, holding a bow in his left hand and an arrow in his right hand. The sculpture is made of a light-colored material, likely marble or a similar stone, detailed to show the contours of his body. The figure stands atop a decorative base adorned with intricate designs and motifs. Surrounding the sculpture are various figures dressed in elaborate historical European garments. The scene is rendered in a monochromatic palette.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Apollo Presiding Over the Arts of Government

Jan Pietersz Saenredam, after Hendrick Goltzius

Date
1596
Medium
engraving on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 25.5 × 17.8 cm (10 1/16 × 7 in.) sheet: 35.5 × 25.2 cm (14 × 9 15/16 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
2022.31.4
Credit line
Ruth and Jacob Kainen Memorial Acquisition Fund
Time span
1551 to 1600
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record

Portfolio and series

Series
The Seven Planetary Gods and Their Children
Inscription

in image, lower left, in plate: 4; below image, in plate: Sum decus astrorum, convexi gloria coeli, / Me summi prona venerantur mente monarche; outside of plate, at left, in black ink by a later hand: G4

Marks

none

Watermarks

shield with three fleur de lys

NGA object ID 224004. 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.