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Apollo and the Muses

Jacopo Amigoni (Italian (Venetian), about 1685–1752)

additions attributed to Francis Brerewood (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

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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