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Apollo Flaying Marsyas
Apollo and Marsyas, and the Judgment of Midas
Apollo Flaying Marsyas
Possibly a copy of: Monogrammist MF (Italian, 16th century)
After: Melchior Meier (German, active 1572–82)
After: Melchior Meier (German, active 1572–82)
Italian
1536 (?)
Medium/Technique
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 23 x 31.4 cm (9 1/16 x 12 3/8 in.)
Platemark: 22.6 x 31 cm (8 7/8 x 12 3/16 in.)
Platemark: 22.6 x 31 cm (8 7/8 x 12 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of J. Eastman Chase
Accession NumberM12554
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Nagler, Monogrammisten, IV, no. 1802 (possibly a copy - see Notes); Hollstein (German) Vol. XXV, no. 7 ii / ii copy
DescriptionNagler (in Monogrammisten, IV, no. 1802) describes an engraving by the Monogrammist MF of Apollo Flaying Marsyas. The subject of the MFA impression matches the description given in Nagler, including the inscription on the tablet hanging from the tree at the upper right. However, this impression is etched, and it appears to be on wove paper, so it is possibly a copy of the print described in Nagler. (See also Nagler, Monogrammisten, IV, nos. 1988 and 2007).
Marks
Verso, bottom left-center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 1868)
Provenance1897, gift of J. Eastman Chase, Boston to the MFA. (Acquiasition Date: May 26, 1897)