"Apollo fait venir des oreilles d'ane a Midas pour le punir de son faux jugement"

Eisen, Charles (1720-1778)


Item type:
drawing
Date of creation:
ca. 1768
Technique / Medium:
graphite on paper

    Item location

  • National Gallery of Art (Washington, DC)
    [Museum inv. no.: 1942.9.1059]

Description

Apollo giving donkey's ears to Midas to punish him for his bad judgement (preliminary drawing for Ovid, Metamorphoses). Pan holding syrinx; Apollo holding lyre.

Iconclass

97C6
Midas given ass's ears: Apollo gives Midas ass's ears as punishment for preferring Pan in the musical contest between Apollo and Pan (Ovid, Metamorphoses XI 174)

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Syrinx [4084]
Lyre [3501]

Image URLs

image link 1

RIdIM record id

4026