Apollo and Marsyas (Giordano, Naples)

Apollo and Marsyas is a 1659-1660 oil on canvas painting by Luca Giordano, now in the museo nazionale di Capodimonte in Naples.[1] It was a model for de Ribera's 1637 work on the same subject in the same gallery.[2]

Giordano returned to the subject several times, sometimes varying the composition and sometimes using different sized canvases, whereas the Naples version was copied about a year later at a slightly smaller size, now in a private collection.[2]

References

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  1. ^ (in Italian) Chiara Mataloni, 73: Apollo e Marsia, on iconos.it
  2. ^ a b (in Italian) O. Ferrari and G. Scavizzi, Luca Giordano. L'opera completa, Napoli, Electa, pp. 269-270

Bibliography (in Italian)

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  • Archivio storico per le province napoletane, Napoli, pubblicato a cura di Società napoletana di storia e patria, 2015.
  • Museo di Capodimonte, Milano, Touring Club Italiano, 2012, ISBN 978-88-365-2577-5.
  • O. Ferrari and G. Scavizzi, Luca Giordano. L'opera completa, Napoli, Electa.
  • N. Spinosa, Ribera. L'opera completa, Electa, Napoli 2003.