Apollo and the Muses on Mount Parnassus

Johann Christoph Storer, c. 1640

This drawing features a group of figures in a dynamic and mythological setting. The central focus shows figures engaged in a scene with musical instruments present. One figure wears a radiant headpiece. · description from the collection

Collection data

Artist: Johann Christoph Storer ¹
Date: c. 1640 ¹
Medium: pen and brown ink and brown wash, heightened with white, over black chalk on laid paper ¹
Original: 3,229 × 4,577 px ¹
License: CC0 (National Gallery of Art Open Access)
Credit: National Gallery of Art, Washington, William B. O'Neal Fund

Object record, National Gallery of Art

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