FLORIS, Frans
(b. ca. 1516, Antwerpen, d. 1570, Antwerpen)

Apollo and the Muses

c. 1545
Pen and brown ink on brown paper, 202 x 312 mm
Szépművészeti Múzeum, Budapest

In this drawing the artist strove for a highly emphatic decorativity which is manifested in the antique style clothes, the hair and the headdress. The boldly rendered, elongated figures are markedly stylised, resulting in almost caricature-like exaggerations.