Midas Misjudging the Contest between Apollo and Marsyas

Provenance

(Alavoine, Paris), possibly early 1960s. (Mathias Komor, New York); purchased 29 October 1964 by Lisa and Leonard Baskin, Leeds, Massachusetts; gift 1996 to NGA.

Midas Misjudging the Contest between Apollo and Marsyas

Christiaens, Hans

1632

Accession Number

1996.122.3

Medium

bronze

Dimensions

design size (diameter): 19.7 cm (7 3/4 in.) | overall (diameter): 21.5 cm (8 7/16 in.) | gross weight: 864.8 gr (0.865 kg)

Classification

Sculpture

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Gift of Lisa and Leonard Baskin