Apollo holding pipes in his right hand accompanied by Pegasus, Angiolo Falconetto, 1556–60


Apollo holding pipes in his right hand accompanied by Pegasus, 1556–60, Etching, Sheet: 8 15/16 x 6 13/16 in. ( x cm), Prints, Angiolo Falconetto (Italian, active ca. 1555–67), After Giulio Romano (Italian, Rome 1499?–1546 Mantua), This etching is based on one of the two lunettes in the Loggia delle Muse in the Palazzo del Te in Mantua, painted around 1532 after designs by Giulio Romano. Here, the Hippocrene font, created by a blow from Pegasus' hoof, flows through large panpipes supported by Apollo


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