Apollo and Diana

c. 1503/1504

Jacopo de' Barbari

Associated Names
Jacopo de' Barbari

Artist, Venetian, c. 1460/1470 - 1516 or before

The image depicts a nude male figure standing on a curved, lined surface in a dynamic pose. The man is aiming a bow with one foot forward and the other slightly lifted. He has long hair, one arm extended forward, and the other pulling back the bowstring with an arrow near his cheek. The figure wears a quiver of arrows on his back. In the background, there are linear rays, an intricate symbol near his head, and various incised lines.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 16 x 10 cm (6 5/16 x 3 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.940

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hind 'Engravings', Vol. 5, p.153, no. 14

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

British Museum (Lugt 301)

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1971

  • Albrecht Dürer: The Early Graphic Works, Princeton University Art Museum, NJ, 1971, no. 17, repro.

  • Fifteenth- and Sixteenth-Century Prints from the Rosenwald Collection, Mary Washington College of the University of Virginia, Fredericksburg, VA, 1971, no. 13, repro.

1973

  • Prints of the Italian Renaissance, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1973, no. 264.

1978

  • Antiquity in the Renaissance, Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, Massachusetts, 1978, no. 49, repro.

Bibliography

1938

  • Hind, Arthur M. Early Italian Engraving; a critical catalogue with complete reproductions of all the prints described. 7 vols. London: Bernard Quaritch Ltd., 1938-1948.

1973

  • Levenson et al. 1973, no.141 (b).

Wikidata ID

Q64958531

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