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Photography by Edward C. Robison III

Young Marsyas (Marsyas Enchanting the Hares)

El tema del Joven Marsias proviene de la mitología clásica griega. Marsias era un sátiro, mitad hombre, mitad macho cabrío, que desafió al dios Apolo en una competencia de habilidades musicales. Mientras se preparaba para la competencia, Apolo hizo que los árboles y las piedras fueran a escucharlo tocar la lira, un instrumento parecido al arpa. Vedder imaginó a Marsias practicando con su flauta doble para las liebres.

ArtistaElihu Vedder(1836-1923)
Fecha1878
MedioOil on canvas
Dimensiones43 1/4 x 59 x 2 3/4 in.
Firmadol.l.: Elihu Vedder Rome 1878
Marca(s)verso, on backing: Young Marsyas [old handwritten label]
Línea de créditoCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, 2013.7
ClasificaciónPainting
Procedenciato Francis W. Tracy [d. 1886], Buffalo, NY, 1879; by bequest to Agnes Ethel Tracy Roudebush (his wife) [1846-1903], Buffalo, NY, 1886; by bequest to Agnes Roudebush Henderson (her second husband's niece), New York, NY, 1903; to (Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, NY), April 20-22, 1943, lot 347; purchased by (Renaissance Art Gallery, New York, NY), 1943; to Rudolph Berger, New York, NY; by descent to Carole L. Berger (his daughter), New York, NY [d. 2011]; by descent to Private Collection, 2011; to (Sotheby’s, New York, NY), April 11, 2013, lot 63; purchased by Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR 2013
En exhibición
Young Marsyas (Marsy…43.3 × 59 in.Standard/Movie Poster40 × 27 in.

This artwork's face covers about 2.4× the area of a standard movie poster.Drawn to the same scale.

Young Marsyas (Marsyas Enchanting the Hares) by Elihu Vedder | Crystal Bridges