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ANDREA SACCHI. Marcantonio Pasqualini (1614-1691) Crowned by Apollo

Marcantonio Pasqualini (1614-1691) Crowned by Apollo. Artist: Andrea Sacchi (Italian, Rome (?) ca. 1599-1661 Rome). Dimensions: 96 x 76 1/2 in. (243.8 x 194.3 cm). Date: 1641. A celebrated male soprano, Pasqualini is crowned by Apollo, who had been victorious in a musical contest with the satyr Marsyas (shown in the background, defeated and tied to a tree with his bagpipes beside him). Pasqualini joined the choir of the Sistine Chapel in 1630, and from 1632 was a protagonist in many operas produced at the Palazzo Barberini. Sacchi designed sets for some of these. The singer plays an upright harpsichord decorated with the figures of Daphne and a bound satyr; Apollo is loosely based on the famous ancient sculpture known as the Apollo Belvedere.
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Marcantonio Pasqualini (1614-1691) Crowned by Apollo
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Marcantonio Pasqualini (1614-1691) Crowned by Apollo. Artist: Andrea Sacchi (Italian, Rome (?) ca. 1599-1661 Rome). Dimensions: 96 x 76 1/2 in. (243.8 x 194.3 cm). Date: 1641. A celebrated male soprano, Pasqualini is crowned by Apollo, who had been victorious in a musical contest with the satyr Marsyas (shown in the background, defeated and tied to a tree with his bagpipes beside him). Pasqualini joined the choir of the Sistine Chapel in 1630, and from 1632 was a protagonist in many operas produced at the Palazzo Barberini. Sacchi designed sets for some of these. The singer plays an upright harpsichord decorated with the figures of Daphne and a bound satyr; Apollo is loosely based on the famous ancient sculpture known as the Apollo Belvedere.
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OIL ON CANVAS
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Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
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Album / Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
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3276 x 4094 px | 38.4 MB
Print size:
27.7 x 34.7 cm | 10.9 x 13.6 in (300 dpi)
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