Standing Figure of Apollo with a Lyre

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Artist: Paolo Gerolamo Piola (Italian, Genoa 1666–1724 Genoa)
Date: 1666–1724
Medium: Brush and brown wash, highlighted with white, over traces of charcoal, on blue paper; traces of squaring in charcoal
Dimensions: 11 1/8 x 5 11/16in. (28.2 x 14.4cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Purchase, David L. Klein Jr. Memorial Foundation Gift; Emma Swan Hall Gift; Mr. and Mrs. Carl Selden, Pace Editions Inc. Gift; Rogers Fund, and Mr. and Mrs. David T. Schiff Gift, 1978
Accession no.: 1978.143

Scene with Four Figures of Monks Discoursing
Paolo Gerolamo Piola
1666–1724 · Drawing
Public collection via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00018895
Christ in the House of Martha and Mary (Luke 10:38-42)
Paolo Gerolamo Piola
ca. 1700 · Drawing
Public collection via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00020530

Data retrieved from the Metropolitan Museum of Art on October 9, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.