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Contest between Apollo and Marsyas

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Contest between Apollo and Marsyas
  • Artist: Anonymous, French, School of Fontainebleau, 16th century
  • Artist: After Giulio Romano (Italian, Rome 1499?–1546 Mantua)
  • Date: ca. 1543
  • Medium: Etching
  • Dimensions: sheet diameter: 12 13/16 in. (32.5 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1932
  • Object Number: 32.92.1
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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