Cleveland Museum of Art
Apollo
Hendrick GoltziusLinkedCulture matchlcp-c162078f1223
- Date
- 1588
- Medium
- engraving
- Culture
- Netherlands, 16th century
- Department
- Prints
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Object ID
- 144707
What the image shows
A muscular figure with wings, halo, and a sword stands on clouds.
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From the Cleveland Museum of Art record
This engraving depicts Apollo as the radiant sun god. With fire-like hair, he strides through rolling waves of clouds, while in the background his chariot makes its daily trip across the sky. The Latin text that forms his halo translates: “With its aureole and shining ray, the bright Sun drives away the darkness and lights the whole earth.” Apollo’s excessively muscled body reflects an aspect of Mannerism, a stylistic trend in the mid- to late 1500s that exaggerated natural qualities. By over embellishing Apollo’s musculature, Goltzius transformed an athletic male body into a supernatural one.
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- Credit line
- Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Prasse Collection
- Provenance
- purchased from (Colnaghi, London, 5/10/69).
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