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The image shows a black and white engraving. The foreground features foliage and trees, while the background shows hills with a village. In the sky, there is a figure with a radiating head, depicted reclining on a cloud. The engraving is detailed and intricate, with precise lines and a monochromatic color palette of black and white.
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The image shows a black and white engraving. The foreground features foliage and trees, while the background shows hills with a village. In the sky, there is a figure with a radiating head, depicted reclining on a cloud. The engraving is detailed and intricate, with precise lines and a monochromatic color palette of black and white.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Apollo and a Nymph Leading a Lion

Crescenzio Onofri

Date
1696
Medium
etching
Dimensions
plate: 32 x 44.6 cm (12 5/8 x 17 9/16 in.) sheet: 35.1 x 49.2 cm (13 13/16 x 19 3/8 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
1985.3.15
Credit line
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Time span
1651 to 1700
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • Italian
  • etching
  • Landscape
  • classical
  • mythology
  • Apollo
  • Nymph
Inscription

lower center in plate: In oedibus Marchionis Caroli Theodoli Oppidi Sancti Viti pinxit et oere Crescentius de Hunufrys; later hand on verso: ST8384L155 / B.10 / 94 / F

NGA object ID 65804. 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.