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Apollo and the Muses

(Italian (Venetian), about 1685–1752)
(British, about 1694–1781)
Medium/TechniqueOil on canvas, extended
Dimensions275.6 x 190.5 cm (108 1/2 x 75 in.)
Credit LineGift of Eben Howard Gay
Accession number27.462a
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPaintings
Collections
ProvenanceMid-18th century, Frederick Calvert, 6th Lord Baltimore (b. 1731 - d. 1771), Woodcote Park, Epsom, Surrey, England [see note 1]. By 1927, Eben Howard Gay, Boston, MA; 1927, gift of Eben Howard Gay to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 8, 1927)

NOTES:
[1] From the drawing room. The painting was not done expressly for this room, but fitted into design by Francis Brerewood, who modified portions of Woodcote Park for Lord Baltimore about 1753-55
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