Apollo and Marsyas

Bernardi, Giovanni (1494-1553)


Item type:
numismatic
Height:
4.6 cm  (1 13/16 in.)
Width:
3.7 cm  (1 7/16 in.)
oval
Technique / Medium:
gilt bronze

    Item location

  • National Gallery of Art (Washington, DC)
    [Museum inv. no.: 1942.9.180]

Description

Marsyas blowing end-blown wind instrument; Apollo holding lyre.

Iconclass

92B3412
contest between Apollo and Marsyas

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

End-blown flute [3940]
Lyre [3501]

RIdIM images


Image URLs

image link 1

RIdIM record id

3946