plaquette
- Museum number
- 1915,1216.311
- Description
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Plaquette; bronze; oval; Apollo, naked, holding plectrum and lyre; Marsyas tied to tree; Olympus, kneeling, imploring Apollo for mercy.
- Production date
- 16thC(early)
- Dimensions
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Length: 8 centimetres
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Width: 5.90 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Bronze plaquettes of the Apollo and Marsyas compisition seem to have been very popular. See 1915,1216.111 for comparison.
For examples in other collecitons see: Molinier 1886, No. 2; Bange 1922, Nos. 66-9; Pope-Hennessy 1964, No. 246.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1915
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 1915,1216.311