Flaying of Marsyas (Bronzino)

Flaying of Marsyas
Flaying of Marsyas
Artist	Bronzino
Year	c. 1531
Dimensions	48 cm (19 in) × 119 cm (47 in)
Location	Hermitage Museum
Accession No.	ГЭ-250
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Flaying of Marsyas is a 1531 painting by the Florentine artist Bronzino, depicting the flaying (skinning alive) of Marsyas by Apollo after the satyr rashly challenged the Greek god to a musical contest. It is held in the Hermitage Museum.

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List of works
Portraits	Portrait of a Young Man as Saint Sebastian (c. 1533) Portrait of Ugolino Martelli (1536–1537) Portrait of Andrea Doria as Neptune (c. 1530s–1540s) Portrait of a Young Man with a Book (c. 1540) Portrait of Bartolomeo Panciatichi (c. 1540) Portrait of Bia de' Medici (c. 1542) Portrait of Cosimo I de' Medici (1545) Portrait of the Dwarf Nano Morgante (1552) Portrait of Giovanni de' Medici as a Child (c. 1545) Portrait of Lucrezia Panciatichi (c. 1545) Portrait of Eleanor of Toledo (c. 1545) Portrait of Stefano Colonna (c. 1546)
Religious	Pietà (1529) Adoration of the Shepherds (1539–1540) Panciatichi Holy Family (1541) Crossing of the Red Sea (1542) Adoration of the Bronze Snake (1540–1545) Deposition of Christ (1545) Holy Family with St. Anne and the Infant St. John (c. 1525–1550)
Secular	Flaying of Marsyas (c. 1531) Venus, Cupid, Folly and Time (c. 1545) Allegory of Happiness (1567)
Related	Capponi Chapel Cappella di Eleonora Mannerism Cosimo I de' Medici (patron) Pontormo (teacher)