Apollo and the Muses
Artist, Italian, c. 1708 - 1761

Artwork overview
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Medium
pen and black ink with gray wash over graphite on laid paper
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Credit Line
Gift of William B. O'Neal, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art
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Dimensions
overall: 26.5 x 34.2 cm (10 7/16 x 13 7/16 in.)
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Accession
1991.150.84
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Member of the Russian imperial family; Maxmilien Eugène Joseph Napolèon de Beauharnais, 3rd duc de Leuchtenberg; Edmond Fatio, Geneva (sale Geneva, P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., Ltd., 1959); Seiferheld and Co., New York; William B. O'Neal [1907-1994], Charlottesville, VA, January 1961; gift to NGA, 1991.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1912
Lomonosoff et l'epoque d'Elizabeth, St. Petersburg, Russia, 1912.
1961
Drawings from the Collection of William B. O'Neal, University of Virgina Museum of Fine Arts, Charlottesville, March 5-25, 1961.
1973
Master Drawings from the Collection of William B. O'Neal, Walter Cecil Rawls Museum, Courtland, VA and tour, 1973-1975.
Bibliography
1975
"Drawings for the Theater and Architecture: A Special View of a Notable Virginia Collection," Arts in Virginia, 15 (Spring 1975), 2.
1993
National Gallery of Art. Drawings from the O'Neal Collection. Exh. cat. Washington, 1993, checklist p. 95.
Wikidata ID
Q64572504