Apollo and Marsyas

Unknown (Italian)


Item type:
numismatic
Date of creation:
mid-16th century
Height:
5.0 cm  (2 in.)
Width:
4.0 cm  (1 9/16 in.)
(oval)
Technique / Medium:
bronze

    Item location

  • National Gallery of Art (Washington, DC)
    [Museum inv. no.: 1957.14.522]

Description

Apollo playing lyre; Marsyas playing end-blown wind instrument.

Iconclass

92B3412
contest between Apollo and Marsyas

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Lyre [3501]
Wind instruments [3730]

RIdIM images


Image URLs

image link 1

RIdIM record id

3981