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The Flaying of Marsyas
Production: Unknown (Probably)
Renaissance maiolica plate, painted in polychrome with The Flaying of Marsyas.
Earthenware, tin-glazed overall; the reverse tinged with green near the edges. Painted in blue, green, yellow, orange, brown, grey, and white. Circular with narrow gently sloping rim and shallow well.
The Flaying of Marsyas. On the left, Marsyas is tied to a tree. Apollo strides towards him holding a knife in his right hand. Marsyas' pipes and Apollo's lyre lie on the ground. In the landscape background there are rocks, shrubs, distant sea and mountains. The edge is yellow. On the back, single yellow bands encircle the foot, shoulder and edge.
History note: H.S. Reitlinger (d.1950); the Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead, from which transferred in 1991
H.S. Reitlinger Bequest, 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991
Diameter: 24.1 cm
Height: 3.0 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1991-04-29) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
16th Century, Late
Renaissance
Circa
1565
CE
-
1580
CE
The figures were derived from the woodcut in Gabriello Symeoni's 'Metamorfoseo d'Ovidio', Lyon (Jean de Tournes), 1559.
Decoration composed of high-temperature colours ( blue, green, yellow, orange, brown, grey, and white)
Moulding
: Earthenware, tin-glazed overall; the reverse tinged with green near the edges. Painted in blue, green, yellow, orange, brown, grey, and white.
Tin-glazing
Inscription present: circular with serrated edge
Accession number: C.219-1991
Primary reference Number: 73191
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "The Flaying of Marsyas" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/73191 Accessed: 2024-12-27 11:46:12
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