Contest between Apollo and Marsyas

Girolamo da Carpi (Girolamo Sellari) Italian

After Matthias Oesterreich German

ca. 1754

Not on view

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Title: Contest between Apollo and Marsyas
Artist: Girolamo da Carpi (Girolamo Sellari) (Italian, Ferrara 1501–1556 Ferrara)
Artist: After Matthias Oesterreich (German, 1716–1778)
Date: ca. 1754
Medium: Etching
Dimensions: Sheet (Trimmed): 9 3/8 × 6 7/8 in. (23.8 × 17.4 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Gift of Joseph Verner Reed, 1950
Object Number: 50.576.113
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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