Plate X (10): Apollo, from "Museum Florentinum" (Statuae antiquae dorum et virorum illustrium)
Medium
Engraving and etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 14 15/16 × 10 1/16 in. (38 × 25.5 cm) Plate: 14 3/16 × 9 1/8 in. (36 × 23.2 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 2019
Accession Number
2019.282.123
Tags
Art Historical Context
Behold Plate X from the monumental *Museum Florentinum* (1734), an exquisite engraving and etching by Giovanni Domenico Campiglia after designs by Giovanni Battista Jacoboni This print captures a classical statue of Apollo, Greek god of music, poetry, and light, rendered in dynamic pose as a quintessential male nude. Part of a lavish 18th-century publication documenting ancient sculptures from Florence's Uffizi Gallery—titled *Statuae antiquae deorum et virorum illustrium* (Ancient Statues of Gods and Illustrious Men)—it measures about 15 by 10 inches on its sheet, inviting viewers into the gr...
About the Artist
Giovanni Domenico Campiglia|Giovanni Battista Jacoboni · 1692–1775
Italian painter and printmaker.