Apolo, despues de haber vencido a Marsias en un desafio, le hace desollar vivo · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Apolo, despues de haber vencido a Marsias en un desafio, le hace desollar vivo
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: Ancient Greece
Description: This engraving depicts the god Apollo skinning the satyr Marsyas alive. After entering a flute playing contest with Apollo, Marsyas was defeated by the God and as punishment for challenging him, Apollo skinned him alive. Apollo is depicted standing on the right side of the image with a musical instrument resting in his arm as he watches Marsyas scream for his life. There are two people tying Marsyas to a tree so that he cannot get away.
Image Creator: D. José Assensio (Engraver)
Type: Text; Engraving
Identifier: mta:24986
Language: spa
Source Name: Metamorfoseos o Transformaciones de Ovidio, Traducidos al Castellano con Algunas Notas Para su Inteligencia, Por Don Francisco Crivell [Metamorphoses or Transformations of Ovid, Translated into Castilian with Notes for your Intelligence, By Don Francisco Crivell]
Parent Collection: Metamorfoseos o Transformaciones de Ovidio Traducidos al Castellano. Engravings by D. Jose Assensio (1809)
Image: mta_24986_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Ovid's Metamorphoses
Subject: Marsyas; Apollo; Torture; Hubris; Mythology; Gods