Apollo descending from Olympus on a swan
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Item data
Title
Apollo descending from Olympus on a swan
Collection
Wonders: Images of the Ancient World
Mythology -- Apollo
Names
Bineteau, P. (Lithographer)
Rey, A. (Engraver)
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1844 - 1861
Library Location
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Subjects
Palms
Lyres
Swans
Gods
Mythology
Nymphs (Greek deities)
Apollo (Greek deity)
Pan (Greek deity)
Genres
Notes
Content: Written on border: "Apollo wreathed with laurel and playing a lyre descends from Olympus on a swan landing before the nymph Cyrene seated before a palm and playing a lyre, Pan with a ferula or giant fennel, and Echo with a hare. Hamiliton Collection."
Source Note: Elite des monuments céramographiques : matériaux pour l''histoire des religions et des moeurs de l''antiquité. (Paris : Leleux, 1844-1861) Lenormant, Charles (1802-1859), Author.
Physical Description
Lithographs
Extent: 23.2 x 31.8 cm
Identifiers
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 9b71e140-c5be-012f-cb86-58d385a7bc34
Rights
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Type Of Resource
Date Issued
1844
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Apollo descending from Olympus on a swan" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1844 - 1861. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/9b71e140-c5be-012f-cb86-58d385a7bc34
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1844 - 1861). Apollo descending from Olympus on a swan Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/9b71e140-c5be-012f-cb86-58d385a7bc34
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Apollo descending from Olympus on a swan" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 5, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/9b71e140-c5be-012f-cb86-58d385a7bc34
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