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Apollo and Daphnis is a c.1483 mythological painting by Perugino. It was sold to the Louvre in Paris in 1883, where it still hangs and in whose catalogue it was known as Apollo and Marsyas.[1] By the 1880s it had become misattributed to Raphael.

Apollo and Marsyas or Apollo and Daphnis
Artist	Perugino
Year	c.1483
Type	oil on panel
Dimensions	39 cm × 29 cm (15 in × 11 in)
Location	Musée du Louvre, Paris

It one of the most notable works commissioned from the artist by Lorenzo de' Medici. In the background is a rural scene with a city or castle, a three-arch bridge, trees typical of Perugino, hills and a river. The two nude figures in the foreground allude to that in ancient Greek and Roman art - this and the other classical references demonstrate how the work is intended to be decoded by the humanist classical elite of Florence. The standing contrapposto figure is the god Apollo, carrying a baton in his left hand and with a bow and quiver behind him. His pose draws on that of Hermes in a sculpture of Hermes and Dionysius by Praxiteles, now best known from the copy Hermes and the Infant Dionysus rediscovered in the 19th century.

The identity of the seated flute-playing figure on the left is debated - it may be Marsyas,[2] but that character is usually depicted as a satyr and so it may instead by Daphnis, a young shepherd who died of love for Apollo. Daphnis is the Greek form of the name Laurus, possibly linking the work to Lorenzo de' Medici. His pose draws on a sculpture of Hermes by Lysippus, best known from the Seated Hermes discovered in 1758.

References

Bibliography

• (in Italian) Vittoria Garibaldi, « Perugino », in Pittori del Rinascimento, Florence, Scala, 2004 (ISBN 888117099X).
• (in Italian) Pierluigi De Vecchi and Elda Cerchiari, I tempi dell'arte, vol. 2, Milan, Bompiani, 1999 (ISBN 88-451-7212-0).
• (in Italian) Stefano Zuffi, Il Quattrocento, Milan, Electa, 2004 (ISBN 8837023154).

External links

• "Apollon et le berger Daphni, dit longtemps Apollon et Marsyas". Louvre collections. 1475.
• Base Joconde: Apollon et Marsyas, French Ministry of Culture. (in French)

На других языках

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- [en] Apollo and Daphnis (Perugino)

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[fr] Apollon et Daphnis

Apollon et Marsyas[1] ou Apollon et Daphnis (en italien : Apollo e Dafni) est une peinture à thème mythologique du Pérugin, datant de 1483 environ, conservée au Musée du Louvre à Paris[2].

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[it] Apollo e Dafni

Apollo e Dafni (titolo tradizionale Apollo e Marsia) è un dipinto a olio su tavola (21x39 cm) del Perugino, databile al 1483 circa e conservato nel Museo del Louvre di Parigi.

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[ru] Аполлон и Дафнис

«Аполло́н и Да́фнис» (итал. Apollo e Dafni) — картина на мифологический сюжет работы Пьетро Перуджино, выполненная им в 1495 году[1]. Она была продана парижскому Лувру в 1883-м[2], где выставляется до сих пор и известна в каталоге музея под названием «Аполлон и Марсий»[3]. В 1880-е ошибочно приписывалась кисти Рафаэля.

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