Print made by Richard Earlom, 1743–1822, British, A Landscape, with the Story of Apollo and Marsyas, 1775
- Title:
- A Landscape, with the Story of Apollo and Marsyas
- Additional Title(s):
- Liber Veritatis, No. 95
- Part Of:
- Date:
- 1775
- Materials & Techniques:
- Etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 10 7/8 x 16 5/8 inches (27.6 x 42.2 cm), Plate: 8 1/8 x 10 1/4 inches (20.6 x 26.1 cm), Image: 7 7/16 x 10 3/16 inches (18.9 x 25.9 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered in black ink, lower left: "Claude le Lorrain delint,, | No,, 95."; lower center: "Published May 1st. 1775 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside. | From the Original Drawing, in the Collection of the Duke of Devonshire."; lower right: "R. Earlom fecit."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Transfer from the Yale University Library and the Yale University Art Gallery
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1994.4.916
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- (story of) Marsyas - death | bulls | cattle | cliffs | contest | cows | death | fighting | god | grazing | Greek mythology | landscape | mountains | nailing | punishing | punishment of Marsyas: he is flayed by Apollo | religious and mythological subject | river | skinning | torture | torturing | trees
- Associated People:
- Apollo
Marsyas - Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:37645
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Nobleness and Grandeur - Forging Historical Landscape in Britain, 1760 - 1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 2005-01-27 - 2005-04-24) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition] [Exhibition Description]
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