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Ceiling painting depicting a cameo of the god Apollo (representing the sun) surrounded by blue foliated scrollwork on a gold ground and flanked by two lions (representing the sign of the Zodiac Leo).

This is one of eight border panels which frame a central ceiling panel, depicting Mercury and the Arts, in the Red Velvet Room at Chiswick House.

Chiswick House

London

Title

Apollo

Date

c.1729

Medium

oil on plaster

Accession number

88387008

Work type

Panel

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Chiswick House

Burlington Lane, Chiswick, London, Greater London W4 2RP England

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