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Busto di Marsia

ca. 1680–85
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 548
Permoser fu una figura eminente della scultura barocca tedesca. Da giovane viaggiò in Italia e infatti questo busto di Marsia fu probabilmente scolpito a Roma. Ispirandosi all’opera di Bernini L’anima dannata del 1619 a Palazzo di Spagna a Roma, Permoser ha saputo catturare il momento culminante dell’orrenda punizione inflitta a Marsia: il satiro, che aveva osato sfidare Apollo in un certame musicale, fu scorticato vivo. Gli occhi strabici e i capelli simili a fiamme sono tipici dell’estrema emotività espressa dall’autore. Dalla bocca spalancata, pare quasi di sentire l’urlo soffocato di Marsia.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Titolo:
    Busto di Marsia
  • Artista:
    Balthasar Permoser, Tedesco, 1651-1732
  • Data:
    ca. 1680-85
  • Materiale e tecnica:
    Marmo, su base di marmo nero con inserti di marmo
  • Dimensioni:
    Altezza con base 68,6 cm
  • Crediti:
    Acquistato, Rogers Fund e Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 2002
  • Numero d'inventario:
    2002.468
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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