Apollo and Marsyas

Reni, Guido (1575-1642) (style copy of)


Item type:
painting
Date of creation:
ca. 1670
Height:
203.0 cm  (79 15/16 in.)
Width:
156.0 cm  (61 7/16 in.)
Technique / Medium:
oil on canvas

Additional titles

Apollo scortica Marsia

    Item location

  • Galleria Sabauda (Torino)
    [Museum inv. no.: 126]

Description

The scene, placed in a forest, shows the moment in which Apollo punishes Marsyas because of his presumption; their respective instruments, a lyre and a panpipe, lie on the ground.

Iconclass

92B34121
punishment of Marsyas: he is flayed by Apollo

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Lyre [3501]
Panpipe [4024]

RIdIM images


Image URLs

image link 1

Bibliographic references

Santarelli, Cristina. "Considerazioni su alcuni dipinti a carattere musicale delle collezioni torinesi", RIdIM newsletter 18/2 (1993) 53-59. RILM 1993-13927.

RIdIM record id

2945