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Design for Ceiling Fresco: Apollo and the Muses with Minerva Destroying Ignorance

Design for Ceiling Fresco: Apollo and the Muses with Minerva Destroying Ignorance — James Thornhill
James Thornhill · Design for Ceiling Fresco: Apollo and the Muses with Minerva Destroying Ignorance · n.d. · Art Institute of Chicago. Public domain / CC0.
Design for Ceiling Fresco: Apollo and the Muses with Minerva Destroying Ignorance — James Thornhill

Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago as James Thornhill.

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  • AttributionJames Thornhillother records naming James Thornhill
  • Daten.d.
  • Classificationpen and ink drawings
  • MediumPen and brown ink with brush and gray wash, over black chalk and graphite, on tan laid paper, partially laid down
  • DepartmentPrints and Drawings
  • Held byArt Institute of Chicago

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James Thornhill · Design for Ceiling Fresco: Apollo and the Muses with Minerva Destroying Ignorance · n.d. · Art Institute of Chicago. Public domain / CC0.

Source read 2026-09-20 · Published 2026-09-20

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