Midas Misjudging the Contest between Apollo and Marsyas, 1632

West Building, Ground Floor — Gallery G13-A

Medium

bronze

Dimensions

design size (diameter): 19.7 cm (7 3/4 in.)
overall (diameter): 21.5 cm (8 7/16 in.)
gross weight: 864.8 gr (0.865 kg)

Credit Line

Gift of Lisa and Leonard Baskin

Accession Number

1996.122.3

Artists / Makers

Hans Christiaens (artist) Dutch, c. 1598(?) - 1634

Image Use

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Provenance

(Alavoine, Paris), possibly early 1960s. (Mathias Komor, New York); purchased 29 October 1964 by Lisa and Leonard Baskin, Leeds, Massachusetts; gift 1996 to NGA.

Associated Names

Baskin, Lisa