nyplLionBlack logo

Search only public domain. What is public domain?


Marsyas and Apollo.

Our collections include some content that may be harmful or difficult to view. Learn more.


Data source:

Research Catalog

Purchase this print

Order Print

Image ID

832291


Item data

Title

Marsyas and Apollo.

Collection

Wallach Division Picture Collection
Music -- Ancient -- Greek

Names

Rey, A. (Platemaker)
Bineteau, P. (Lithographer)

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1844 - 1861

Library Location

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC MUSIC-Anc-Gre

Subjects

Music -- Greece -- To 499
Flutes
Lyres
Auloi
Mythology, Greek
Apollo (Greek deity)
Gods & goddesses
Marsyas (Greek deity)

Genres

Prints

Notes

Content: Written on border: "Marsyas playing the double flute and beating time with his foot before Apollo with laurel branch. A lyre and an amphora at their feet. Minerva Cissaea or Minerva of the ivy, and Hecate or the Tribun personified holding a torch. Pan and Echo who holds a thyrsus. Hamilton Collection."
Source Note: Elite des monuments céramographiques : matériaux pour l''histoire des religions et des moeurs de l''antiquité. (Paris : Leleux, 1844-1861) Lenormant, Charles (1802-1859), Author.

Physical Description

Lithographs
Extent: 1 print : b ; plate mark 17.5 x 33 cm.

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b17487531
Barcode: 33333159457767
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): b75dc6f0-c557-012f-cf4c-58d385a7bc34

Rights

The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Type Of Resource

Still Image

Date Issued

1844

Cite this item

MLA format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Marsyas and Apollo." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1844 - 1861. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b75dc6f0-c557-012f-cf4c-58d385a7bc34

APA format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1844 - 1861). Marsyas and Apollo. Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b75dc6f0-c557-012f-cf4c-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Marsyas and Apollo." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 11, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b75dc6f0-c557-012f-cf4c-58d385a7bc34

Wikipedia citation

<ref name=NYPL>{{cite web | url=https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b75dc6f0-c557-012f-cf4c-58d385a7bc34 | title= (still image) Marsyas and Apollo. (1844 - 1861) | author=Digital Collections, The New York Public Library | accessdate=November 11, 2025 | publisher=The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations}}</ref>