
Sujet
Apelles: design for a mosaic, c1864, (1881). Creator: Bernard Collier.
Légende
Apelles: design for a mosaic, c1864, (1881). Design for a glass mosaic in the 'Kensington Valhalla' at the South Kensington Museum (later renamed the Victoria & Albert Museum), showing a full-length portrait of the Greek painter Apelles of Kos (active 4th century BC), holding a picture of Aphrodite, a palette and brushes, with a Greek vase by his feet. Etching after a painting of 1864 by Edward John Poynter. From "The South Kensington Museum", a book of engraved illustrations, with descriptions, of the works of art in the collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum in London (formerly known as the South Kensington Museum). [Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, London, 1881]
Date
1881
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector
Notre référence
HRM19F36_424
Model release
NA
Property release
NA
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
62,6Mo (3,1Mo) / 25,7cm x 60,9cm / 3040 x 7198 (300dpi)