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Allegory of Music

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Basic information

ID: С-II-680
Author: unknown
Name: Allegory of Music
Date of creation: c. 1500
Country: Italy
Technique: moulding
Material: bronze
Dimensions: 11.5 x 7 cm (height x width)

Additionally

Type: sculpture (relief) sculpture (plaquette)
Genre: mythological painting
Plot: Allegory
Provenance: Collection of Wladyslaw Lozinski in Lviv Collection of Lviv City Gallery

Information about author

Author: unknown

Object description

The main part of the plaque shows a naked young man (Apollo) facing forward. He's holding his left hand on a tree branch with musical instruments hanging from it. In his left hand, which is pointing down, he's holding a cornucopia (horn of plenty). At the bottom right is a fire, above which are wind instruments. In the National Gallery of Art in Washington, District of Columbia, the plaquette is attributed to a master of the Venetian school.

Inscriptions

On the reverse side are inscriptions: "56. G.N.M.L."; "№ С-ІІ-680 Львів ОКГ".

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Borys Voznytskyi Lviv National Art Gallery

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