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Statue of Marsyas

Statue of Marsyas





Artist : Anonymous

Model : Marsyas

Date : IIIrd century B.C.

Material : Marble
Item 6 on 11
Greek Antiquities
Sculpture

Area related
Tarsus (Turkey)

Description   

Marsyas, the Satyr, found a flute, which had been thrown away by Athena. She had tried to play it but, but realizing how ugly she looked with protruded mouth, had immediately given it up. When Marsyas found that he could play nice music with the flute he challenged Apollo and claimed to make sweeter music with his flute than Apollo with his lyre. Marsyas was the loser and Apollo first hanged him from a pine tree and then flayed him.
Item(s) related   
Antalya Museum :
Hall of the Perge Theater
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IInd century

Louvre Museum :
Galerie Daru
Concours musical entre Apollon et le satyre Marsyas
Sarcophage
Anonymous
approx. from 290 to 300
Petite galerie de l'Académie
Marsyas renversé
Statue
Alexis III Loir
Sizes : 62 cm x 52 cm x 50 cm
1746
Riccio
Marsyas et une Ménade
Groupe
Anonymous
approx. from 1500 to 1520
Salle des Sept Mètres
Apollon et Marsyas
Thème mythologique
Pietro di Cristoforo Vannucci
Sizes : 39 cm x 27 cm
from 1495 to 1500
Sassoferrato
Apollon échorchant Marsyas
Thème mythologique
Filippo Lauri
Sizes : 17 cm x 22 cm

Metropolitan Museum of Art :
Jewels and Objets d'Art
The Flaying of Marsias
Pendant
Anonymous
approx. from 1500 to 1526

Royal Museum of Fine Arts of Belgium :
Peinture italienne
Apollon écorchant Marsyas
Thème mythologique
Jusepe de Ribera
1637

The Versailles Park and Gardens :
Bosquet des Rocailles
Marsyas et Olympe
Groupe
Anonymous
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