Apollo flaying Marsyas. Line engraving with etching by C. Mogalli after F. Petrucci after G.F. Barbieri, il Guercino.
- Guercino, 1591-1666.
- Date:
- [1778]
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- 43370i
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- Raccolta di quadri dipinti dai più famosi pennelli: e posseduti da S.A.R. Pietro Leopoldo, arciduca d'Austria, principe R. d'Ungheria, e di Boemia, e gran-duca di Toscana, &c..
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Marsyas, a satyr, challenged Apollo to a contest in music. Apollo, having defeated Marsyas, took advantage of an agreement that the winner should do as he liked with the loser and flayed Marsyas alive. A river sprang from his blood or the tears of his mourners
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[Firenze [Florence]] : [Stamperia Granducale], [1778]
Physical description
1 print : line engraving, with etching ; image 45.3 x 36 cm
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Gio. Franc. Barbieri pinx. Fran Petrucci del. C. Mogalli sculp.
Reference
Wellcome Collection 43370i
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