The Musical Contest Between Apollo and Pan

c. 1766

Andrea Scacciati

Artist, Italian, 1725 - 1771

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and sulfur tint printed in blue on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Andrée and Jonathan Bober, in honor of Andrew Robison

  • Dimensions

    plate: 37.9 × 50 cm (14 15/16 × 19 11/16 in.)
    sheet: 43.7 × 57.2 cm (17 3/16 × 22 1/2 in.)

  • Accession

    2016.137.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Le Blanc 1854 - 1888, no. 8 (series)

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1854

  • Le Blanc, Charles. _Manuel de l'amateur d'estampes, contenant le dictionnaire des graveurs de toutes les nations, dans lequel sont decrites les estampes rares, precieuses et interessantes avec l'indication de leurs differents etats et des prix auxquels: no. 8 (series)

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: Spranger inven, et del:; lower right in plate: Scacciati incid:; by later hand, lower left in graphite: The contest of Apollo and Marsyas after Bartholomaus Spranger 1726 - 71; by later hand, lower right in graphite: L 15-VAT;

Wikidata ID

Q77258420

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