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Pen and brown ink drawing of tangled muscular nude figures, one hanging upside down at the bottom, on pale paper.

Apollo Flaying Marsyas

Pen and brown ink drawing of three muscular nude figures in a tangled, dynamic pose: one figure grips another from behind while a third, upside down, sprawls at the lower edge. A taut vertical line and drapery edge frame the scene on pale laid paper.

Artist
Luca Cambiaso
Date
c. 1545
Medium
Pen and brown ink, on ivory laid paper, laid down on ivory wove card
Source
Art Institute of Chicago
Size
1686 × 2791 px
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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1550).
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection

Español: Apolo desollando a Marsias

Dibujo a pluma y tinta parda de tres figuras desnudas y musculosas en una pose enredada y dinámica: una figura sujeta a otra por detrás mientras una tercera, boca abajo, se extiende en el borde inferior. Una línea vertical tensa y el borde de un paño enmarcan la escena sobre papel vergé claro.

Português: Apolo esfolando Mársias

Desenho a pena e tinta marrom de três figuras nuas e musculosas em uma pose emaranhada e dinâmica: uma figura agarra outra por trás enquanto uma terceira, de cabeça para baixo, se estende na borda inferior. Uma linha vertical tensa e a borda de um tecido emolduram a cena sobre papel vergê claro.

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