Dirck van Baburen
Apollo Flaying Marsyas

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Artist Dirck van Baburen (Dutch, c. 1595–1624)Dutch, c. 1595–1624

CultureDutch

Titles

Apollo Flaying Marsyas

Datec. 1623

PlaceNetherlands

MediumOil on canvas

DimensionsCanvas: 75 9/16 × 63 in. (192 × 160 cm)

Credit LineSarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston

Object numberBF.2015.1

Current Location

The Audrey Jones Beck Building

215 Blaffer Galleries

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Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation

Object Type

PAINTING

ProvenancePossibly purchased by Count Friedrich Christian zu Schaumburg-Lippe (1655–1728), Rome, c. 1685; Fürst Schaumberg-Lippe, Schloss Bückeburg, Bückeburg, Germany, before 1779 when it was listed in the manuscript catalogue of his collection, inv. no. 572; by descent within the family; [Otto Naumann, Ltd., New York, 2012]; purchased by the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, 2015.

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