Flaying of Marsyas

Monogrammist IMF

Salviati, Francesco (1510-1563) (after a work of)

Meier, Melchior (active ca. 1572-1582 in Italy) (after a work of)


Item type:
print
Date of creation:
ca. 1588
Height:
22.4 cm  (8 13/16 in.)
Width:
30.9 cm  (12 3/16 in.)
Technique / Medium:
etching
School:
Italian

    Item location

  • Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum
    [Museum inv. no.: R670]

Description

Apollo slays Marsyas, with a violin on the ground to the left of Apollo's left foot.

Iconclass

92B34121
punishment of Marsyas: he is flayed by Apollo

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Violin [3573]

RIdIM images


Image URLs

image link 1

Bibliographic references

Kirnbauer, Martin and Catherine Taylor. "'si chiama fagotto': Concerning a drawing of musical instruments by Giovanni Ricamatori, otherwise known as Giovanni da Udine", Early music 39/2 (May 2011) 224-225, illus. 8.

RIdIM record id

4297