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Ceiling Design with Apollo

Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Vertical rectangle. Group of mythological figures in clouds, composition contained within vase-shaped framing lines. At top, the figure of Apollo on a cloud with bow and arrow. A reclining female figure below shields herself from his arrow with drapery. Other figures and cherubim throughout.
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Designer
Domenico Antonio Vaccaro, Italian, 1678–1745
Date
ca. 1780
Credit Line
Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
Medium
Pen and brown ink on paper
Dimensions
38.9 x 24.6 cm (15 5/16 x 9 11/16 in.)
Type
interiors
Object Name
Drawing
Type
Drawing
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