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Mythological scene showing the god Apollo holding a knife about to kill the satyr Marsyas surrounded by horrified satyrs and other mythological creatures.
Mythological scene showing the god Apollo holding a knife about to kill the satyr Marsyas surrounded by horrified satyrs and other mythological creatures.
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Apollo and Marsyas

by Filippo Lauri

Date: 17th Century

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Item details

  • Acquisition

    Bourgeois Bequest, 1811

  • Accession number

    DPG164

  • Artist

    Filippo Lauri

  • Date

    17th Century

  • Dimensions

    48.9 x 36.8 cm

  • Materials

    Oil on canvas

Apollo prepares to flay the satyr Marsyas, who has challenged him unsuccessfully in a musical contest (Ovid, 'Metamorphoses' VI). The attribution to Lauri has been retained since 1813. A copy or version is in the Mus‚e Magnin, Dijon.

Mythological scene showing the god Apollo holding a knife about to kill the satyr Marsyas surrounded by horrified satyrs and other mythological creatures.

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