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Musical competition between Apollo and Marsyas

Maker

Pietro Novelli (artist)
1603-1647

(draughtsman)
1683-1761

(engraver)
1683-1761

(publisher)
1675-1750 (Life dates)

Title

Musical competition between Apollo and Marsyas

Medium

medium : material : ink & support : material : paper

Dimensions

Height: 16.6 cm
Width: 22.8 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.2966.131

Mode of Acquisition

Witt Library, transfer, 1990

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

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Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Inscriptions

Inscription: Recto: upper left corner, black ink: "ALT:50. LAT: 70 . UNC:"; lower centre edge, black ink: "Admovit fidibus plectrum formosus Apollo, // Chordaque divinum concinit icta melos. // Vidit, et invidiae stimulatus Marsia zelo, // Quid mea Musa potest, experiamur, ait. // Mox rudis impletur sylvestri fistula flatu, // Ingratusque cava stridet in aure sonus. // Accidit hoec hodie lis saepius; impare nisu // Insipiens pugnam cum sapiente movet. // Marsia pelle luit stolidum certamen, etomni // Corpore Semicaper decoriatus hiat. // Si par supplicium temere certantibus instet, // Quanta cohors hominum nunc sine pelle foret! // FRANCISCUS PANKL, // Poeta Laur. // v.Prenner, del: et Incidit."; lower centre edge, graphite: "31".

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