Apollo Standing in a River Landscape

1720/1730

Donato Creti

Associated Names
Donato Creti

Artist, Bolognese, 1671 - 1749

The image shows a landscape scene featuring a nude figure holding a draped cloth. In the background, there is a cityscape with domed and spired buildings, and an arched bridge. The sky has textured clouds, while the trees on the left and right are finely detailed. The color palette is warm and mainly sepia tones. Another figure on horseback is also visible, adding scale and narrative to the scene.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown and black ink on laid paper; laid down

  • Credit Line

    The Armand Hammer Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 52.5 x 37.9 cm (20 11/16 x 14 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1987.24.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Chas. Rogers (Lugt 624)

Associated Names

Bibliography

1987

  • Hammer 1987, no.14.

2012

  • Riccòmini, Marco. Donato Creti, Le opere su carta. Catalogo Ragionato. Turin, 2012: 84, no. 93.1 (repro., n.p.)

Markings

unidentified collector's mark

Wikidata ID

Q64541239

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