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The Myth behind the Bust

"What looks like drapery is, in fact, the skin from the breast."—Wolfram Koeppe, curator
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"What looks like drapery is, in fact, the skin from the breast."—Wolfram Koeppe, curator

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Marsyas, Balthasar Permoser German, Marble on a black marble socle inlaid with light marble panels, German, executed Rome or Florence
Marsyas
Balthasar Permoser
ca. 1680–85