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| Keywords: Workshop of Andrea da Negroponte - Dish with the Contest of Apollo and Marsyas - Walters 481500.jpg The very busy composition of this dish is typical of the best works from Andrea da Negroponte's workshop Apollo the sun god was also the god of art and learning Here he plays the viol and two flying genii hold a laurel wreath over his head to show him victorious This alludes to Apollo's musical contest with the satyr Marsyas seated on the right who played the flute Having been judged the loser of the competition by the gods he was flayed alive by Apollo That gruesome story was interpreted as symbolic of the triumph of virtue ca 1560 Renaissance earthenware with tin glaze maiolica cm 5 8 43 5 accession number 48 1500 11208 H Wencke Collection Hamburg date and mode of acquisition unknown no 108 Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1908 place of origin Casteldurante present-day Urbania Italy Walters Art Museum license Italian Renaissance maiolica in the Walters Art Museum Andrea da Negroponte Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Musical challenge between Apollo and Marsyas Casteldurante maiolica | ||||
