Apollo and Attendants Flaying Marsyas

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Title	Apollo and Attendants Flaying Marsyas
Artist	Clemente Maioli ; Clemente Maioli ; Maria Maddalena della Riviera and workshop in the Barberini Manufactory, Rome
Date	2nd quarter 17th century
Institution	Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Location	Not on view.

From the stroies of Apollo, a set of five illustrating the myths of Apollo, god of the sun and of music; here the satyr Marsyas is being flayed alive; the border, which is treated as though it were a carved picture frame, includes the bee emblem of the Barberini family, in whose palace the tapestry remained until the late 19th century; possibly woven after a design by Nicolas Poussin, or Gaspard Duguet

Apollo and Attendants Flaying Marsyas

Apollo and Attendants Flaying Marsyas

Apollo and Attendants Flaying Marsyas

Clemente Maioli ; Clemente Maioli ; Maria Maddalena della Riviera and workshop in the Barberini Manufactory, Rome

2nd quarter 17th century