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Monday, 10 November 2008

Apollo Musagetes





Apollo and the Muses1921Oil on canvas283.21 x 428.62 cm (111 1/2 x 168 3/4 in.)
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston



MONSERRATE - Music Room

At the head of the Music Room, looking down the long enfilade of the arched corridor is Apollo. Leader of the dance, encircled by his Muses, he commands this mythical space, the central figure of Monserrate’s complex iconography.


Posted by Gerald Luckhurst at 11/10/2008 11:01:00 am
Labels: Apollo, Monserrate, Musagetes, Sala da Musica, Sintra

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