id: 166655 accession number: 2008.373.a share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2008.373.a updated: 2022-01-04 17:44:17.034000 Study of Apollo for Marsyas (recto), late 1860s. Paul Baudry (French, 1828-1886). Pen and brown ink; sheet: 26.7 x 20.6 cm (10 1/2 x 8 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Muriel Butkin 2008.373.a title: Study of Apollo for Marsyas (recto) title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: late 1860s creation date earliest: 1865 creation date latest: 1869 current location: creditline: Bequest of Muriel Butkin copyright: --- culture: France, 19th century technique: pen and brown ink department: Drawings collection: DR - French type: Drawing find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Paul Baudry (French, 1828-1886) - artist --- measurements: Sheet: 26.7 x 20.6 cm (10 1/2 x 8 1/8 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: description: cream wove paper watermarks: inscriptions: inscription: Monogrammed and inscribed in brown ink, lower right: B / figure d'Apollon du / jugt de Marsyas / foyer de l'opéra. Signed in brown ink, upper right center: Paul Baudry translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: French Master Drawings from the Collection of Muriel Butkin opening date: 2001-08-26T00:00:00 French Master Drawings from the Collection of Muriel Butkin. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (August 26-October 28, 2001); Dahesh Museum of Art (February 19-May 18, 2002). title: Themes and Variations: Musical Drawings and Prints opening date: 2015-01-25T00:00:00 Themes and Variations: Musical Drawings and Prints. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 25-May 17, 2015). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * "The Non-Dissenters," Shepherd Gallery, Nov. 1-Dec. 31, 1976, #9, repr. --- PROVENANCE William K. Bixby, St. Louis (according to Shepherd Gallery). [Morin Vassar, Paris (according to Shepherd Gallery)]; [purchased in 1975 by Shepherd Gallery, New York]; purchased in 1976. date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: When Paul-Jacques-Aimé Baudry was commissioned to create the ceiling paintings for the Grand Foyer of the new Paris Opéra in 1864, for inspiration he visited the Sistine Chapel frescoes by Michelangelo—completed more than 300 years earlier. This drawing depicts the god Apollo from behind, intended for a scene in which Apollo points to the satyr Marsyas, with whom he held a musical competition. The pose and figure type recall Michelangelo’s monumental sculpture of David, which Baudry would have also seen on his Italian journey. wall description: This drawing is a preparatory study for the figure of Apollo in Marsyas, a mural painting made to decorate the grand foyer of the Paris Opéra, one of the most spectacular design schemes of the 19th century. With one hand resting on his lyre, Apollo points in judgment toward the satyr Marsyas who, having lost his impertinent musical challenge to the god, is condemned to be flayed alive. Stringed instruments--such as Apollo’s lyre--were thought to produce melodies that conjured noble, intellectual effects, while wind instruments--such as Marsyas’s bagpipes or flute--were believed to engender sensual or lustful feelings. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Shepherd Gallery. Non-Dissenters : One Hundred and Seventy French Nineteenth Century Drawings, Pastels and Watercolors. New York: Shepherd Gallery, 1976. page number: Referenced: cat. no. 9, Reproduced url: Foster, Carter E., Sylvain Bellenger, and Patrick Shaw Cable. French Master Drawings from the Collection of Muriel Butkin. [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2001. page number: Referenced: cat. no. 46, p. 102-103, Reproduced: p. 103 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2008.373.a/2008.373.a_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2008.373.a/2008.373.a_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2008.373.a/2008.373.a_full.tif