Apollo and Marsyas
1757
From the collection of Statens Museum for Kunst
1757
From the collection of Statens Museum for Kunst
Apollo and Marsyas is a 1757 by Unknown, a Romanticism work, held at Statens Museum for Kunst.
This painting shows a dramatic scene with five figures. At the center, a shirtless man with a wreath on his head plays a lyre while floating slightly off the ground. To his right, a bearded man in a cloak points upward, and a woman in a headscarf stands beside him. On the left, a boy holds a quiver of arrows, and a half-naked man with a satchel leans against a rock. The background is a hazy sky with faint hills. The lyre player looks like a god, while the others seem to react to something above. The brushwork is loose, and the lighting creates soft shadows on the figures. Look up chiaroscuro next to see how this lighting technique works.
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