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Apollo Playing the Lyre

National Gallery of Art · Sculpture

Apollo Playing the Lyre

Jean-Joseph Vinache

Date
possibly 1730s
Medium
terracotta
Dimensions
height: 66 cm (26 in.)
Classification
Sculpture · Statuette
Accession number
2022.185.1
Credit line
Gift of David H. McDonnell
Time span
1726 to 1750
Department
CSD
Original NGA record

Subjects and terms

  • French
  • European Sculpture 1300-1800
  • classical
  • mythology
  • Apollo
  • standing
  • figure
  • Lyre
Provenance

(Gerard Monluc, Paris, acquired 2011 in the Netherlands); [1] (sale, Sotheby's, Paris, 16 April 2013, no. 141); Private collection, Belgium; purchased 25 March 2022 through (Galerie Lowet de Wotrenge, Antwerp); by David H. McDonnell, Arlington, VA; gift 2022 to NGA. [1] see 14 October 2022 email from Sotheby's in NGA curatorial file.

NGA object ID 225165. 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.