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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 (height x width, cm)
11.5 x 7
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
Country
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".
Legal regulation
Borys Voznytskyi Lviv National Art Gallery

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