A Flemish tapestry depicting the mythological scenery of Apollo and cupid surrounded by a highly decorative main border of garlands, bows, shells and playing putti. Executed in wool and silk. Mounted with linen on the back. 18th centrury. 384×282 cm.
Apollo is one of the Olympian deities in classical Greek and Roman religion and Greek and Roman mythology. Apollo has been recognized as a god of archery, music and dance, truth and prophecy, healing and diseases, the Sun and light, poetry, and more. One of the most important and complex of the Greek gods, he is the son of Zeus and Leto, and the twin brother of Artemis, goddess of the hunt. He is considered to be the most beautiful god and is represented as the ideal of the kouros(ephebe, or a beardless, athletic youth).