Apollo descends from the Parnassus Title page for: P. Orville, Poemata, 1740, A man surrounded by muses watches Apollo descend from the Parnassus to laud him. On the Parnassus there are three muses and a prancing Pegasus. In the foreground putti with attributes of science and arts, on the right Hercules lashes out with his club at the three suit goddesses sitting in front of the entrance to the Tartarus. In the air, Venus, in the company of putti, is pulled on its victory cart by two pigeons, Apollo and the Muses, Apollo Musagetes, Parnassus, sacred to Apollo Musagetes, Pegasus, the winged
Apollo descends from the Parnassus Title page for: P. Orville, Poemata, 1740, A man surrounded by muses watches Apollo descend from the Parnassus to laud him. On the Parnassus there are three muses and a prancing Pegasus. In the foreground putti with attributes of science and arts, on the right Hercules lashes out with his club at the three suit goddesses sitting in front of the entrance to the Tartarus. In the air, Venus, in the company of putti, is pulled on its victory cart by two pigeons, Apollo and the Muses, Apollo Musagetes, Parnassus, sacred to Apollo Musagetes, Pegasus, the winged horse, cupids together with attributes of the arts, sciences, etc, (story of) Hercules (Heracles), Tartarus (and the condemned assigned there), Adolf van der Laan (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, paper, etching, h 187 mm × w 118 mm
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