id:			312174
accession number:	2018.26
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2018.26
updated:		2023-01-12 01:45:15.672000

The Flaying of Marsyas, c. 1570–1605. Jan van der Straet, called Johannes Stradanus (Netherlandish, active Italy, 1523–1605). Pen and brown ink and brown and red washes, heightened with white paint (or gouache), on paper prepared with red washes; sheet: 21.1 x 31.5 cm (8 5/16 x 12 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 2018.26

title:				The Flaying of Marsyas
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creation date:			c. 1570–1605
creation date earliest:		1565
creation date latest:		1610
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creditline:			Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund
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culture:	Netherlands, 16th - 17th century
technique:	Pen and brown ink and brown and red washes, heightened with white paint (or gouache), on paper prepared with red washes
department:	Drawings
collection:	DR - Belgian
type:		Drawing
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CREATORS

* Jan van der Straet, called Johannes Stradanus (Netherlandish, active Italy, 1523–1605)  - artist

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measurements: Sheet: 21.1 x 31.5 cm (8 5/16 x 12 3/8 in.)
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	inscription:	Inscribed LR in pen and ink “Strada. / STRADENSIS”
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Master/Apprentice: Imitation and Inspiration in the Renaissance
	opening date:   2019-10-13T04:00:00
	<i>Master/Apprentice: Imitation and Inspiration in the Renaissance</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 13, 2019-February 23, 2020).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Didier Aaron et Cie, Paris, France
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	the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: June 4, 2018
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fun fact:


digital description:
In this gruesome mythological scene, Apollo begins to flay, or peel the skin off, the satyr Marsyas as punishment for his arrogant challenge in a musical contest. The surrounding Olympian gods show reactions ranging from horror to fascination. The artist Johannes Stradanus helped found the Accademia delle Arti del Disegno (Academy of the Arts of Drawing) in Florence in 1563, which instituted a course of training for artists that included observing a human dissection. In making this image, Stradanus very likely understood the flaying of Marsyas as a metaphor for the importance of dissection and anatomical study to the artist.

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IMAGES

web:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2018.26/2018.26_web.jpg
print:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2018.26/2018.26_print.jpg
full:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2018.26/2018.26_full.tif