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Apollo and the Invention of Music
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Apollo stands with a burning torch next to a Muse who is wrapped in a garment decorated with musical notes. Her arm rests on a pillar on which a viola lies. The relief of the pillar shows Muses playing music. On the left in the background cyclopes stand with hammers around an anvil, on the right a figure sits playing music.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineApollo en de inventie van muziek. 1675. Gerard de Lairesse. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
