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Publisher
Fratelli Alinari Fotografi Editori
(Italian, founded 1852)
Artist/Maker
Giulio Romano
(Italian, 1499 - 1546)
Photographer
Unknown artist
Date1875-1900
MediumAlbumen print
DimensionsOverall: 7 1/2 × 9 3/4 in. (19.1 × 24.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of James Garfinkel, Class of 1980; Transferred from the Art History Department
Object numberS2018.2.135
Not on view
DescriptionPhotograph depicting Giulio Romano's c.1540 fresco in the Galleria Palatina of the Palazzo Pitti, Firenze. The Greek god Apollo, with his bow and quiver of arrows, dances in a circle with the nine Muses, whose names are written in Greek characters on a scroll at bottom. Terpsichore, the Muse of the dance, appears to the left of Apollo, with her back to the viewer.
Collections
Additional Details
Alternate Titles
Apollo's Dance with the Muse
Provenance
2018: Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, by transfer from the Art History Department;
likely by 1985 - 2018: Hamilton College (Art History department), by gift of James Garfinkel;
c. 1981-85: James Garfinkel, likely by purchase at auction in London.
likely by 1985 - 2018: Hamilton College (Art History department), by gift of James Garfinkel;
c. 1981-85: James Garfinkel, likely by purchase at auction in London.
Inscribed
Recto, lower margin: "(Edne. Alinari) Pe. 2a. No. 172. FIRENZE - R. Galleria Pitti. Il ballo di Apollo con le Muse. (Giulio Romano.)"
Hendrick Goltzius
Date: 1592
Medium: Engraving
Object number: 1992.56
Raphael
Date: 1875-1900
Medium: Albumen print
Object number: S2018.2.694
Unknown artist
Date: late 19th century
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: S2018.2.225
Giorgio Ghisi
Date: c. 1540 (printed later)
Medium: Engraving
Object number: 1992.51
Fratelli Alinari Fotografi Editori
Date: 1875-1900
Medium: Albumen print
Object number: S2018.2.527
Fratelli Alinari Fotografi Editori
Date: 1875-1900
Medium: Albumen print
Object number: S2018.2.558
Fratelli Alinari Fotografi Editori
Date: 1875-1900
Medium: Albumen print
Object number: S2018.2.91
Thomas Nast
Date: published June 6, 1874
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.242
Joaquim Possidónio Narciso da Silva
Date: 19th century
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: S2018.2.229
Joaquim Possidónio Narciso da Silva
Date: 19th century
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: S2018.2.233
Unknown artist
Date: late 19th century
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: S2018.2.222