Apollo and Marsyas

Ulocrino (active ca. 1485-1530)


Item type:
sculpture
Date of creation:
early 16th century
Height:
7.0 cm  (2 3/4 in.)
Width:
5.2 cm  (2 1/16 in.)
Technique / Medium:
bronze

    Item location

  • National Gallery of Art (Washington, DC)
    [Museum inv. no.: 1957.14.281]

Description

Apollo holding lyre; a string instrument with sickle-shaped pegbox (fiddle?) and syrinx are lying on the ground.

Iconclass

92B3412
contest between Apollo and Marsyas

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Fiddle [3142]
Syrinx [4084]
Lyre [3501]

RIdIM images


Image URLs

image link 1

RIdIM record id

3975