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The Flaying of Marsyas

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Artist

Luca Giordano (Italian, 1634–1705)

Date

about 1680

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

46 1/16 x 59 3/4 in. (117 x 151.7 cm)

Credit Line

Athenæum purchase, 1837

Object Number

UR114