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Armorial Plate (tondino): The story of King Midas
Nicola da Urbino
ca. 1520–25
Midas Washing at the Source of the Pactolus
Nicolas Poussin
ca. 1627
King Midas
Leonaert Bramer
1611–74
Apollo, Marsyas, and Midas
Anonymous, Netherlandish, 16th century
16th century
The Judgment of Midas
Frans Pilsen
ca. 1734–77
Dance Cape, known as a Button Blanket
Tsimshian
1850–60
Terracotta pelike (wine jar)
Acheloös Painter
ca. 510 BCE
The Competition of Apollo and Marsyas and the Judgment of Midas
Giulio Sanuto
1562
Apollo and Marsyas and the Judgment of Midas
Melchior Meier
1581
Two satyrs brining Silenus King Midas standing at the left
Giulio Bonasone
1531–76
Midas Washing at the Source of the Pactolus
Nicolas Poussin
ca. 1627
Apollo and Marsyas and the Judgment of Midas
Melchior Meier
1581
Plate 102: Midas with the Ears of an Ass (Midae ob iudicij craßustiem aures asininae), from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses'
Antonio Tempesta
1606
Plate 101: Bacchus Granting Midas's Wish (Ob restitutum Silenum Midae a Baccho Defertur optio), from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses'
Antonio Tempesta
1606
King Midas Feasting At The Arrival of Silenus
Bernard Picart
late 17th–early 18th century
Two satyrs leading Silenus to King Midas, who stands at left with two male attendants, a mule trails behind the satyrs
Giulio Bonasone
ca. 1550–80
Judgment of Midas
Hendrick Goltzius
1590
Judgment of Midas
Nicolaes Clock
1589
The Judgment of Midas
John Sell Cotman
1838
A Midas of the Street
Alma Woodward
1914
Terracotta pelike (jar)
Pan Painter
ca. 470 BCE
Plate 101: Silenus before King Midas, from 'Ovid's Metamorphoses'
Johann Wilhelm Baur
1641
The Competition between Apollo and Marsyas and the Judgment of Midas
Giulio Sanuto
1562
The Competition of Apollo and Marsyas and the Judgment of Midas
Giulio Sanuto
1562
The Competition of Apollo and Marsyas and the Judgment of Midas
Giulio Sanuto
1562
The Judgment of Midas
Georg Siegmund Facius
1801
Plate 102: Midas with the Ears of an Ass, from Ovid's 'The Metamorphoses'
Antonio Tempesta
1606
Midas with the Ears of an Ass (Midae ob iudicij craßitiem aures asininae), plate 102 from "The Metamorphoses of Ovid" (Metamorphosean Sive Transformationum)
Antonio Tempesta
Published after 1606
The Composer André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry (1741–1813)
Jean-Baptiste Stouf
1804–8
Buddhist Maxim on the Saving Power of Amida
Gukyoku Reisai
first half 15th century
Baccus Granting Midas's Wish (Ob restitutum Silenum Midae a Baccho defertur optio), plate 101 from "The Metamorphoses of Ovid" (Metamorphosean Sive Transformationum)
Antonio Tempesta
Published after 1606
Bowl with a radiating petal design
Phrygian or Lydian
ca. 8th–6th century BCE
St. Mary Magdalen Trampling Her Valuables
Anonymous
17th–18th century
St. Mary Magdalen Trampling Her Valuables
Lucas Vorsterman I
1622–23
St. Mary Magdalen Trampling Her Valuables
Lucas Vorsterman I
1622–23
Tmolus Awarding Victory for Lyre Skills to Apollo and Midas Dissenting, Resulting in Apollo Giving Him Donkey Ears, from Les Metamorphoses d'Ovide, Traduction nouvelle Avec le texte latin, suivie d'une analyse de l'explication des Fables, de notes géographiques, historiques, mythologiques et critiques, Par M.G.T. Villenave; ornée de gravures d'après les dessins de MM. LeBarbier, Monsiau et Moreau. A Paris, Chez les Éditeurs, F. Gay Libraire, rue de la Harpe, Bureau de la Bible; Ch. Guestard, Avocat, rue Saint Germain-l'Auxerrois. De l'Imprimerie de P. Didot l'aîné. MDCCCVI.
Abraham Pietersz Hulk
1808
"Gleaner"
Michele Oka Doner
2007
Apollo Turns Midas' Ears into Those of an Ass, from Les Métamorphoses d'Ovide en Latin et en François de la traduction de M. l'Abbé Banier de l'Académie Royale des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres. Avec des explications historiques. A Paris Chez Despilly rue saint Jacques à la croix d'or. MDCCLXVII. Avec Approbation et Privilège du Roi
Emmanuel Jean de Ghendt
ca. 1765
Silenus is Taken to Midas, from Les Métamorphoses d'Ovide en Latin et en François de la traduction de M. l'Abbé Banier de l'Académie Royale des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres. Avec des explications historiques. A Paris Chez Despilly rue saint Jacques à la croix d'or. MDCCLXVII. Avec Approbation et Privilège du Roi
Emmanuel Jean de Ghendt
ca. 1765
Silenus Entertained by Midas' Subjects, from Les Metamorphoses d'Ovide, Traduction nouvelle Avec le texte latin, suivie d'une analyse de l'explication des Fables, de notes géographiques, historiques, mythologiques et critiques, Par M.G.T. Villenave; ornée de gravures d'après les dessins de MM. LeBarbier, Monsiau et Moreau. A Paris, Chez les Éditeurs, F. Gay Libraire, rue de la Harpe, Bureau de la Bible; Ch. Guestard, Avocat, rue Saint Germain-l'Auxerrois. De l'Imprimerie de P. Didot l'aîné. MDCCCVI.
Robert de Launay
published 1806–22