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Apollo

God in Greek and later Roman mythology

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Images from the collections

Images featuring Apollo

69 images from works
  • Right lateral view of the Apollo Belvedere. Pen and ink drawing after G. Audran.
  • The god Apollo holding his bow and an arrow. Engraving by E. Delaune, ca. 1560.
  • The Apollo Belvedere seen from the front and in three quarter view; a boy holding a water vessel; one of the sons of Laocoön battling with a serpent. Engraving by A.J. Defehrt after G. Audran.
  • The head of a frog, in the fourth stage of a physiognomic metamorphosis into an ideal head of Apollo. Coloured drawing by J.C. Lavater, 179-.
  • Apollo and Daphne. Engraving by C. Bloemaert after D. Zampieri, il Domenichino.
  • Apollo. Engraving by S. Jesi after G. Marri after A. Appiani.
  • Apollo. Etching by L.M.Y. Quéverdo and Niquet the younger and engraving by C. Niquet after Bourdon.
  • Apollo. Sculpture attributed to Giuseppe Maria Bonzanigo.
  • Apollo flaying Marsyas. Engraving by Melchior Meier, 1581.
  • Apollo in his chariot. Etching by D. Barrière, 1662, after A. Giorgetti.

Works from the collections

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    The head of an animal, in the sixth stage of a physiognomic metamorphosis from a frog to an ideal head of Apollo. Coloured drawing by J.C. Lavater, 179-.

    Lavater, Johann Caspar, 1741-1801. | Reference: 34714i
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    A creature undergoing physiognomic metamorphosis from a frog into an ideal head of Apollo. Coloured drawing by J.C. Lavater, 179-.

    Lavater, Johann Caspar, 1741-1801. | Reference: 34716i
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    Apollo Belvedere. Stipple engraving by G.A. Demarteau after Grangé.

    | Date: [1805?] | Reference: 11555i
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    Apollo and Daphne. Engraving, 1518.

    | Reference: 11237i
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    Apollo Belvedere. Engraving by A. Mochetti after S. Tofanelli.

    Tofanelli, Stefano, 1752-1812. | Reference: 11230i

Related topics

Physiognomy
Face
Physiology, Comparative
Anura
Metamorphosis, Biological
Biology - History
Sun
Apollo Belvedere (Statue)

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