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Apollo Flaying Marsyas
c. 1691–1700
Location: 217 Italian Baroque
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The lyre with which Apollo outperformed Marsyas can be seen between his feet, cast down upon his victory.Description
According to myth, the overconfident satyr (half-goat, half-man) Marsyas challenged Apollo, god of the arts, to a musical duel. The defeated Marsyas was tied to a tree and skinned alive in punishment for his pride. Foggini’s bronze captures the moment after Apollo’s victory as the bound Marsyas cries out in agony while the god makes the first incision. The satyr’s anguish is echoed by the gnarled branches; Apollo’s wrath is manifested in his billowing drapery.- -2018Private Collection, Europe, by descent at least three generations2018-2023Private Collection, New York, NY27 January 2023Sale: Christie's New York, 27 January 2023, lot 2182023-The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Balleri, Rita, and Università degli Studi di Firenze. La Manifattura Ginori e la circolazione dei modelli scultorei in Europa atti del convegno e mostra Arti in dialogo. Livorno: sillabe, 2024. pp. 47, 49, 51, 53, 58; fig. 4. www.sillabe.itChristie, Manson & Woods International Inc. Modern Medici: Masterpieces from a New York Collection, Old Master Paintings, Sculpture and Works of Art. 2023. Lot 218 www.christies.com"Staff. Welcome, Alexander J. Noelle: Assistant curator of European paintings and sculpture, 1500-1800.” Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine 63, no. 2 (2023): 30-31. Reproduced: P. 30 archive.orgLemonedes Brown, Heather. "Noteworthy and New: Three highlights from the year's acquisitions.” Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine 63, no. 4 (2023): 14-15. Reproduced: P. 15; Mentioned: P. 14 archive.org
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