Apollo and the Invention of Music, Gerard de Lairesse, 1675 print With a burning torch, Apollo stands next to a muse dressed in a rug decorated with musical notes. Her arm supports a column on which a viola lies. The relief of the column shows music playing muses. On the left in the background are cyclopen with hammers around an anvil, on the right is a figure to make music. paper etching (story of) Apollo (Phoebus). (story of the) Muses; 'Muse' (Ripa). the Cyclopes forging

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