Tempera on canvas
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Apollo and Marsyas
Presented by the Trustees of the Chantrey Bequest 1924
adults
Apollo
architecture
building
classical
classical myths: gods and heroes
fine arts and music
group
groups
instrument, flute
instrument, stringed
landscape
leisure and pastimes
man
Marsyas
music
music and entertainment
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people
periods and styles
religion and belief
ruins
woman
wooded
painting tempera canvas
22 October 2016 – 19 February 2017
2017-02-19
22 October 2016 – 19 February 2017
2017-02-19
2016-10-22
Pallant House Gallery (Chichester, UK)
2016-10-22
Order and Idealism: Classicism in Modern British Art
Loan-out
Apollo and Marsyas
support: 1067 × 1016 mm
Presented by the Trustees of the <a href="/search?gid=999999977" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">Chantrey Bequest</a> 1924
<p><b>N03956</b> APOLLO AND MARSYAS 1924</p>
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<p>Inscr. ‘Harry Morley. 1924.’ b.r.
<br/>Tempera on canvas, 42×40 (106·5×102).
<br/>Chantrey Purchase from the artist 1924.
<br/><i>Exh:</i> R.A., 1924 (226).
<br/><i>Repr:</i> <i>Apollo</i>, I, 1925, facing p.100 (in colour).</p>
<p>An illustration to the Greek legend. Marsyas (in some versions a satyr) discovered a flute which had been inspired by having been played on by Athena and presumptuously challenged Apollo to the musical contest shown in this <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/painting" title="Glossary definition for 'Painting'"><span>painting</span></a>, on the condition that the winner was to exact what penalty he liked. The Muses awarded their verdict to Apollo, who flayed Marsyas alive.</p>
<p><b>Published in:</b>
<br/>Mary Chamot, Dennis Farr and Martin Butlin, <i>The Modern British Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture</i>, London 1964, II
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2004-10-05T00:00:00
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adults Apollo architecture building classical classical myths: gods and heroes fine arts and music group groups instrument, flute instrument, stringed landscape leisure and pastimes man Marsyas music music and entertainment objects people periods and styles religion and belief ruins woman wooded