Apollo flaying Marsyas. Engraving by Melchior Meier, 1581.

The flayed Marsyas is tied to a tree with his skin hanging over a branch of the tree. Line engraving with etching by R. Collin after J. von Sandrart.

Apollo flaying Marsyas. Etching by Massard after J.M. Moreau.

A frieze showing the flaying of Marsyas. Etching with engraving after A. Carracci.

Marsyas being flayed by Apollo; Juno (Hera) and Jupiter (Zeus); the rape of Oreithyia by Boreas. Etching by P. Aquila after Annibale Carracci.

Apollo flaying Marsyas. Line engraving with etching by C. Mogalli after F. Petrucci after G.F. Barbieri, il Guercino.

1 print : line engraving, with etching ; image 33 x 21 cm

1 print : line engraving, with etching ; image 45.3 x 36 cm

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The flayed Marsyas is tied to a tree with his skin hanging over a branch of the tree. Line engraving with etching by R. Collin after J. von Sandrart.

Apollo flaying Marsyas. Etching by Massard after J.M. Moreau.

Apollo flaying Marsyas. Engraving by Melchior Meier, 1581.

Marsyas being flayed by Apollo; Juno (Hera) and Jupiter (Zeus); the rape of Oreithyia by Boreas. Etching by P. Aquila after Annibale Carracci.

Apollo flaying Marsyas. Line engraving with etching by C. Mogalli after F. Petrucci after G.F. Barbieri, il Guercino.