Agostino dei Musi

(Italy circa 1490–post 1536)

Title

Apollo and Daphne

Year

1515

Media category

Materials used

engraving

Edition

iii of 4 states

Dimensions

23.0 x 17.0cm image; 23.4 x 17.3cm sheet

Signature & date

Not signed. Dated u.l. image, [incised plate] "1515".

Credit

Purchased 1937

Accession number

6440

Location

Not on display

Further information

Agostino began his career in Venice and Florence where he made engravings after Giulio Campagnola, Baccio Bandinelli and Andrea del Sarto. In 1516 he went to Rome, where over the next decade he produced numerous engravings after Raphael. The subject illustrates the legendary transformation of the Daphne into a tree as she is pursued by Apollo. The mark in the top left corner is that of the 18th-century English collector, Sir Edward Astley.

Bibliography (2)

Nicholas Draffin, Piety and Paganism 1991, Sydney, 1991, 8. no catalogue numbers

Peter Raissis, Mantegna to Piranesi - Italian Old Master Prints from the Collection of the Art Gallery of New South Wales 1998, Domain, 1998, 8. no catalogue numbers

Exhibition history (4)

Special exhibition of prints and drawings, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Nov 1937–Dec 1937

Piety and Paganism, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 13 Jul 1991–29 Sep 1991

Mantegna to Piranesi - Italian Old Master Prints from the Collection of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 27 Jun 1998–20 Sep 1998

Old Europe: Prints & drawings from the collection 1500-1800, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 03 Jun 2006–06 Aug 2006