Apollo flaying Marsyas. Line engraving with etching by G. Viviani and A. Conte after L. Pompignoli after G. Biliverti.

  • Biliverti, Giovanni, 1576-1666.
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Apollo flaying Marsyas. Line engraving with etching by G. Viviani and A. Conte after L. Pompignoli after G. Biliverti. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Marsyas, a satyr, challenged Apollo to a contest in music. Apollo, having defeated Marsyas, took advantage of an agreement that the winner should do as he liked with the loser and flayed Marsyas alive. A river sprang from his blood or the tears of his mourners

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1 print : line engraving, with etching ; image 19.7 x 18 cm

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Apollo che scortica Marsia. Bilivert dip. L. Pompignoli dis. Viviani e Conte inc.

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Wellcome Collection 43371i

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