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Apollo sits on a mound, his lyre beside him, and points with his right hand to two men who face him; illustration for a fable Wall Art
ART BY: John Ogilby
Apollo sits on a mound, his lyre beside him, and points with his right hand to two men who face him; illustration for a fable Wall Art
ART BY: John Ogilby
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Apollo sits on a mound, his lyre beside him, and points with his right hand to two men who face him; illustration for a fable is an etchings by John Ogilby (1600–1676). The artist is catalogued as Dutch. The source scan comes from the Wellcome Collection, and the file offered here measures 4003 × 6000 px (5.1 MB). It is filed under Prints and Baroque, in portrait format. Archive Lane holds 42 works by John Ogilby.
John Ogilby, Ogelby, or Oglivie was a Scottish translator, impresario, publisher and cartographer. He was probably at least a half-brother to James Ogilvy, 1st Earl of Airlie, though neither overtly acknowledged this. Ogilby's most-noted works include translations of the works of Virgil and Homer, and his version of the Fables of Aesop.
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Apollo sits on a mound, his lyre beside him, and points with his right hand to two men who face him; illustration for a fable is free to preview at web resolution. The original high-resolution file is a one-time purchase, or included with an Archive Lane membership (up to 1,000 high-resolution downloads per day) — and the artwork can also be ordered as a made-to-order print.
