Head of Apollo
date: label: Date
content: 1790–1830
name: label: Artist
content: Giuseppe Longhi, Italian, 1766–1831
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Drawing of the head of Apollo, the Greek and Roman god of the sun, light, music, prophecy, healing, and poetry, from a classical statue. His head, containing thick, curly hair, is facing one-quarter right and tilted slightly downward. The drawing is rendered by means of cross-hatching.
place: label: made in
content: Italy
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. Grafton H. Pyne
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1948-118-73
objectType: label: Type
content: figures
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Color pencil on cream paper
label: Dimensions
content: 29.4 × 21 cm (11 9/16 × 8 1/4 in.)