Vatican Frescoes
CHARLES THURSTON THOMPSON (1816-68)
Apollo holding a lyre, standing in a niche
c.1853-76Albumen print | 16.5 x 7.6 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 852571
A photograph of a drawing attributed to Adriaen van der Werff now in the Royal Library at Windsor Castle (RLCIN 990825). The drawing, which Ruland (1876) attributed to Raphael, is a copy after the figure of Apollo decorating the niche on the left in The School of Athens, painted in c.1509-10 in the Stanza della Segnatura in the Vatican.
Creator(s)
Charles Thurston Thompson (1816-68) (photographer)
After a work attributed to Adriaen van der Werff (Kralingen 1659-Rotterdam 1722) (artist)
After a work copying Raphael (1483-1520) (artist)
16.5 x 7.6 cm (sheet of paper)
- Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1823-76)
Subject(s)
- Religion & Theology
- Religions and faiths
- Religions of antiquity
- Classical mythology
- Apollo (myth)
- Classical mythology
- Religions of antiquity
- Religions and faiths
- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
- Music
- Musical instruments
- Lyres
- Musical instruments
- Music
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Religion & Theology
Bibliographic reference(s)
W&C : White, C. & Crawley, C., 1994. The Dutch and Flemish Drawings at Windsor Castle, Cambridge no. 509
Other number(s)
Ruland p.192 D.118
