Busto de Marsias

Balthasar Permoser German

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 548

Permoser fue el más prominente escultor barroco alemán. De joven viajó a Italia, y probablemente esculpió en Roma este busto de Marsias inspirado en la escultura de Bernini Alma condenada de 1619 (en el Palazzo di Spagna en Roma). Vemos aquí el clímax del horrendo castigo de Marsias: el sátiro que había osado desafiar a Apolo en un certamen musical fue desollado vivo. Los ojos entrecerrados y el cabello flamígero son característicos de la emotividad exacerbada del escultor. Casi nos parece oír el grito ahogado que sale de la boca abierta de Marsias.

Marsyas, Balthasar Permoser (German, Kammer, near Otting, Chiemgau, Bavaria 1651–1732 Dresden), Marble on a black marble socle inlaid with light marble panels, German, executed Rome or Florence

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Marsyas, Balthasar Permoser (German, Kammer, near Otting, Chiemgau, Bavaria 1651–1732 Dresden), Marble on a black marble socle inlaid with light marble panels, German, executed Rome or Florence
Marsyas, Balthasar Permoser (German, Kammer, near Otting, Chiemgau, Bavaria 1651–1732 Dresden), Marble on a black marble socle inlaid with light marble panels, German, executed Rome or Florence
Marsyas, Balthasar Permoser (German, Kammer, near Otting, Chiemgau, Bavaria 1651–1732 Dresden), Marble on a black marble socle inlaid with light marble panels, German, executed Rome or Florence
Marsyas, Balthasar Permoser (German, Kammer, near Otting, Chiemgau, Bavaria 1651–1732 Dresden), Marble on a black marble socle inlaid with light marble panels, German, executed Rome or Florence
Marsyas, Balthasar Permoser (German, Kammer, near Otting, Chiemgau, Bavaria 1651–1732 Dresden), Marble on a black marble socle inlaid with light marble panels, German, executed Rome or Florence
Marsyas, Balthasar Permoser (German, Kammer, near Otting, Chiemgau, Bavaria 1651–1732 Dresden), Marble on a black marble socle inlaid with light marble panels, German, executed Rome or Florence
Marsyas, Balthasar Permoser (German, Kammer, near Otting, Chiemgau, Bavaria 1651–1732 Dresden), Marble on a black marble socle inlaid with light marble panels, German, executed Rome or Florence

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