Firenze - R. Galleria Pitti. Il ballo di Apollo con le Muse

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Firenze - R. Galleria Pitti. Il ballo di Apollo con le Muse
Firenze - R. Galleria Pitti. Il ballo di Apollo con le Muse
Publisher (Italian, founded 1852)
Artist/Maker (Italian, 1499 - 1546)
Photographer
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.
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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.
Inscribed Recto, lower margin: "(Edne. Alinari) Pe. 2a. No. 172. FIRENZE - R. Galleria Pitti. Il ballo di Apollo con le Muse. (Giulio Romano.)"
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