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The sculpture features two figures in a high-relief style on a rectangular plaque. The figure on the left is depicted clad in draped garments, sitting with one leg crossed over the other, adorned with a laurel wreath on their head, holding a lyre. The figure on the right resembles a satyr, with goat-like legs and animalistic features, posed in a dynamic stance with one arm raised. The sculpture is a metallic bronze hue, indicating metallic material. The plaque shows visible wear and texturing, possibly from age, and includes a circular hole at the top center.
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The sculpture features two figures in a high-relief style on a rectangular plaque. The figure on the left is depicted clad in draped garments, sitting with one leg crossed over the other, adorned with a laurel wreath on their head, holding a lyre. The figure on the right resembles a satyr, with goat-like legs and animalistic features, posed in a dynamic stance with one arm raised. The sculpture is a metallic bronze hue, indicating metallic material. The plaque shows visible wear and texturing, possibly from age, and includes a circular hole at the top center.

National Gallery of Art · Sculpture

Apollo and Marsyas

Ulocrino

Date
early 16th century
Medium
bronze//Dark brown patina
Dimensions
overall (without extruded corners): 6.93 × 5.15 cm (2 3/4 × 2 in.) gross weight: 65.19 gr (0.144 lb.)
Classification
Sculpture · Plaquette
Accession number
1957.14.281
Credit line
Samuel H. Kress Collection
Time span
1401 to 1500
Department
CSD
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • Venetian
  • Paduan
  • classical
  • mythology
  • Renaissance
  • Renaissance Plaquettes
  • Apollo
  • Marsyas
Provenance

Gustave Dreyfus [1837-1914], Paris; his estate; purchased 1930 by (Duveen Brothers, Inc., London and New York); purchased 1945 by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York; gift 1957 to NGA.

Inscription

across top, traces of signature: VLOCRINO.

NGA object ID 44005. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.