Author: Bisschop, Jan de (1628-1671) after Doncker, Peter (1635-1668)
Title: [Original etching/ets] Belvedere Apollo ['Signorum Veterum Icones', 1669].
Description: The so-called Belvedere Apollo, today still in Rome in the Belvedere garden at the Musei Vaticani (Vaticaanse Musea), seen from the front.Signed on the ground: PP. Doncker del. / JB f..From 'Signorum Veterum Icones', a series of etched plates representing statues from Rome, was intended as a learning tool for young artists to copy from. Numbered on the top right: '4'. Etching on laid paper; trimmed to plate mark and pasted down on another sheet of laid paper; tolal: 231 x 148 mm. Small rust stain on one of the legs. Otherwise in good condition.

Keywords: Allegories|Anatomy|Crafts|Design|History|Italy|Male|Mythology|Nude|Rome|sculpture