id: 106363 accession number: 1924.432.20 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1924.432.20 updated: Apollo (from the Tarocchi, series D: Apollo and the Muses, #20), before 1467. Master of the E-Series Tarocchi (Italian, 15th century). Engraving hand-colored with gold; The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund 1924.432.20 title: Apollo (from the Tarocchi, series D: Apollo and the Muses, #20) title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: before 1467 creation date earliest: 1457 creation date latest: 1467 current location: creditline: Dudley P. Allen Fund copyright: --- culture: Italy, Ferrara, 15th century technique: engraving hand-colored with gold department: Prints collection: PR - Engraving type: Print find spot: catalogue raisonne: Hind E.I.20a --- CREATORS * Master of the E-Series Tarocchi (Italian, 15th century) - artist --- measurements: state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: Lettered below the image of Apollo: ·D·/ ·APOLLO·XX· / ·20 translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Early Italian Engraving: 1460's - 1530's opening date: 2002-08-25T00:00:00 Early Italian Engraving: 1460's - 1530's. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (August 25-October 27, 2002). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Museum of Art; August 25-October 27, 2002. "Early Italian Engravings: 1460s - 1530s."
CMA 1996: Sets and Series: Five Centuries of Master Prints, February 20-May 5, 1996, no cat. --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: digital description: This engraving is part of the Tarocchi group marked with the letter “D”, and named Apollo and the Muses. In Greek mythology, the nine Muses (Calliope, Urania, Terpsichore, Erato, Polyhymnia, Thalia, Melpomene, Euterpe, and Clio) were the daughters of Zeus, king of the gods, and Mnemosyne, the Titaness of memory. The Muses were goddesses presiding over different branches of the arts and sciences. Their leader and supervisor was Apollo, the god of light, music, prophecy, and poetry.

Here, Apollo is personified as a full-length crowned male figure, frontal view, and seated on two swans. He carries a laurel branch in his left hand, while pointing a stick to the celestial globe on which his feet are resting. Apollo was the son of Zeus and Leto, and was regarded as the god of Mousike (Art of the Muses). wall description: In Greek mythology, the Muses were goddesses who presided over different branches of the arts and sciences. They were the nine daughters of Zeus, king of the gods, and Mnemosyne, the goddess of memory. Apollo, the god of light, music, prophecy, and poetry was their leader. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1924.432.20/1924.432.20_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1924.432.20/1924.432.20_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1924.432.20/1924.432.20_full.tif