Drawing of a nude male figure holding a lyre, with a griffin to his left; identified as a study of a Roman sculpture (after an early Hellenistic original), known as 'Apollo with Lyre and Griffin', which is at the Capitoline Museums in Rome. Inscribed on recto, to top right (handwritten in ink): '39' and on the pedestal (handwritten in pencil): 'Caple_ Rome March 23 - 74'. Made by Joseph Wright of Derby (1734-1797), 1774. Pencil and charcoal on paper. Displayed in a cream window mount.

Exhibitions:

Title: Joseph Wright of Derby: An Exhibition to Commemorate the Centenary of Derby Museums and Art Gallery
Venue: Derby Museum and Art Gallery
Dates: from 21/04/1979 to 21/07/1979
Title: Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734-1797: Bicentenary Exhibition
Venue: Derby Museum and Art Gallery
Dates: from 21/06/1997 to 28/09/1997

Publications

Title: Joseph Wright of Derby 1734 - 1797
Sub-Title: An introduction to the work of Joseph Wright of Derby with a catalogue of drawings held by Derby Museum and Art Gallery. Published on the occasion of an exhibition commemorating the Bicentenary of the artist's death.
Published Place: Derby
Published Year: 1997

Related People

Joseph Wright of Derby (Artist)
Display Date: British, 1734 - 1797
Nationality: British
Biography: Artist.
Apollo (Content)

Study of 'Apollo with Lyre and Griffin', after the Antique

Date: 23.3.1774

Medium: Pencil and charcoal on paper.

Object Type:	Drawing
Dimensions:	Support: 543 × 330 mm (21 3/8 × 13 in.)
Description:	The Capitoline statue is a copy of an early Hellenistic original. [see Wallis, J. 'Joseph Wright of Derby 1734 - 1797' (Derby, 1997), p.90.] The sculpture is located in the Palazzo Nuovo at the Capitoline Museums. It represents Apollo with a lyre or cithara. For this reason, the figure may also be known by the title 'Apollo Citharoedus'. The figure is of a type known as Lyceus, or Lycean Apollo, which is defined by the figure resting on a support (a tree trunk or tripod), with his right forearm touching the top of his head. It is called Lyceus after a lost Greek prototype that is said to have been on show in the Lyceum at Athens. [LB: 2024]
Inscriptions:	Inscribed on recto, to top right (handwritten in ink): '39' and on the pedestal (handwritten in pencil): 'Caple_ Rome March 23 - 74'.
Provenance:	...; William Bemrose of Derby; by descent to his son, Charles Lloyd Bemrose, by whom donated to Derby Museums in 1914.
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Item Ref:	1914-517/54