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| Keywords: Gerard van Opstal - Apollo and Marsyas - Walters 71476.jpg The satyr Marsyas foolishly challenged the Greek god Apollo to a musical competition If he lost he would be flayed alive The jury of gods judged Apollo the winner and here the flaying of Marsyas bound to a tree stump has begun The scene is carved from a single piece of ivory which has been reduced to paper thinness in places in order to create depth Van Opstal worked in marble as well as ivory His delight in dramatic subjects involving muscular strain and tension owed much to his contemporary the greatest Flemish painter Peter Paul Rubens This relief can be compared to Van Opstal's style of around 1640 before he moved to Paris and became an important figure at the French court as a sculptor to King Louis XIV ca 1640 Baroque ivory cm 22 2 14 6 accession number 71 476 10822 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Rubens and Humanism Birmingham Museum of Art Birmingham 1978 place of origin Paris France Walters Art Museum license Baroque sculpture in the Walters Art Museum Gerard van Opstal Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs artist update Apollo flaying Marsyas | ||||
