Four Drawings of the Myth of Apollo, Sala di Apollo, Palazzo Cavina

Four framed pen and brown wash sketches on one sheet show scenes from the myth of Apollo. The upper two panels depict figures in a wooded landscape with a pond and a sinuous serpent, while the lower two show a standing youth wrapped in serpents and a seated figure among snakes.

Artist

Felice Giani

Date

1816

Medium

Pen and ink, brush and greyish-brown wash over traces of graphite on laid paper

Source

Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)

Size

2739 × 4000 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum