Dirck van Baburen
Apollo Flaying Marsyas

ArtistDutch, 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
On view

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


Exhibition History


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The Merry Company
Dirck Hals
1630s
Oil on panel
BF.1978.15
Interior with Figures Playing Tric-trac
Frans van Mieris the Elder, and possibly Jan van Mieris
1680
Oil on canvas
BF.1977.10
Landscape with Cornfields
Jacob van Ruisdael
1670s
Oil on canvas
BF.1977.6
Elizabeth Cary, 1st Viscountess Falkland (1585/6-1639)
Paul van Somer
c. 1620
Oil on canvas
BF.1985.20
Still Life with Carp and Pike
Pierre van Boucle
1652
Oil on canvas
BF.1989.2
Mars and Venus
Carle van Loo
c. 1726-28
Oil on canvas
BF.1978.24
Elisha in the House of the Shunammite Woman
Abraham van Dijck
c. 1654
Oil on canvas
BF.1978.12
Portrait of Antoine Triest, Bishop of Ghent (1576–1655)
Attributed to Anthony van Dyck
c. 1627
Oil on canvas
BF.1977.2
Hunting Still Life with a Velvet Bag on a Marble Ledge
Willem van Aelst
c. 1665
Oil on canvas
BF.2002.3
The Hunt Beater and His Dog
Dirck Stoop
1651
Etching
BF.2003.6
The Young Savant Mother
Marguerite Gérard
1790s
Oil on canvas
BF.2023.7
Photograph from dealer.
François de Nomé
c. 1630-40
Oil on canvas
BF.2023.2