Apollo flaying Marsyas

Title

Apollo flaying Marsyas

Draughtsman

• Bartholomeus Breenbergh ?

Period Produced

• 17th century

School

• Baroque

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• gouache
• paper

Technique

• brush drawing
• washing
• white heightening

Geographic Reference

• Netherlandish

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing
• figure study

Watermark

• Narrenkappe, darunter ein Kreuz und drei Kreise

Work Catalogues

• Roethlisberger 1969.49.158

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Genre

• historical narration
• mythological representation

Persons Shown

• Apollo
• Marsyas

Primary

• 92B3413 contest of Apollo and Marsyas in which Midas gives judgement (Hyginus, 'Fabularum Liber' 191)
• 92L42268 (story of) Marsyas - death
• 11G23 angels crowning and/or bringing palm-branches

Alternative Attribution

• Genoese ? draughtsman; by note on mount