Studies for Apollo and Daphne, Zeus and Juno, Orpheus and Eurydice and other figures (recto and verso)
Medium
Pen and brown, red chalk
Dimensions
two sheets on a single mount: 23 3/4 x 16 3/4 in. (60.3 x 42.5 cm) top sheet: 11 x 8 5/8 in. (27.9 x 21.9 cm) bottom sheet: 9 3/8 x 8 5/8 in. (23.8 x 21.9 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 2002
Accession Number
2002.97a, b
Tags
Art Historical Context
Giovanni Ambrogio Figino *Studies for Apollo and Daphne, Zeus Juno, Orpheus andydice and other figures (recto and verso) invites visitors into the intimate world of a late 16th-century Milanese sketchbook. This preparatory drawing captures dynamic poses of classical mythological figures—Cupid, Apollo pursuing Daphne, the divine couple Zeus and Juno, and the tragic lovers Orpheus andydice—likely envisioned for larger paintings or frescoes. Figino, a pupil influenced by Leonardo da Vinci's Milanese legacy, used these studies to explore anatomy, movement, and emotion, reflecting the Renaissance f...