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The contest between Apollo and Marsyas

Formerly attributed to Ugo da Carpi Italian
ca. 1540–50
Not on view
Un undated inscription on the mount by Nicholas Tuner attributes the print to Vicentino.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: The contest between Apollo and Marsyas
  • Artist: Niccolò Vicentino (Italian, active ca. 1510–ca. 1550)
  • Artist: Formerly attributed to Ugo da Carpi (Italian, Carpi ca. 1480–1532 Bologna)
  • Artist: After Parmigianino (Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola) (Italian, Parma 1503–1540 Casalmaggiore)
  • Date: ca. 1540–50
  • Medium: Chiaroscuro woodcut from four blocks in brown
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 8 1/16 × 5 13/16 in. (20.5 × 14.8 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1949
  • Object Number: 49.95.1
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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