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Apollo flays Marsyas
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Apollo flays Marsyas

Crispijn van de Passe (I) · 1602 - 1607 · engraving; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Marsyas hangs from a tree and is flayed by Apollo after losing the musical contest. In the background, the tears of other satyrs turn into the river Marsyas. In the margin, a four-line inscription, in two columns, in Latin.

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Credit lineApollo vilt Marsyas. 1602 - 1607. Crispijn van de Passe (I). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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