Marsyas, ca. 1680–85, German, executed Rome or Florence, Marble on a black marble socle inlaid with light marble panels, Overall

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Marsyas, ca. 1680–85, German, executed Rome or Florence, Marble on a black marble socle inlaid with light marble panels, Overall with socle (confirmed): H. 27 x W. 17 3/8 x D. 11 1/8 in. ( x x cm), Sculpture, Balthasar Permoser (German, Kammer, near Otting, Chiemgau, Bavaria 1651–1732 Dresden), Flayed alive after losing a musical contest to the god Apollo, the satyr Marsyas screams in the midst of his torture. Every aspect of the figure, from squinting eyes to torn tongue and flamelike hair, contributes to this image of torment

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