Busto di Marsia

Balthasar Permoser German

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.

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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