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Gerard van Opstal: English: Apollo and MarsyasFrançais : Apollon et MarsyasEspañol: Apolo y Marsyas (

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Artist



Alternative names	Gérard Van Opstal; Gerard van Opstael; Gerard van Obstal; Van-Obstal; Van Obstal; Gérard van Opstal
Description	Flemish-French sculptor, art dealer, carver and ivory carver
Date of birth/death	1594 or 1597	1668 / 1 August 1668
Location of birth/death	City of Brussels or Antwerp	Paris
Work location	City of Brussels (1630–1630); Paris (1630–1668); Antwerp (1635–1642)
Authority file	: Q673573 VIAF: 7658495 ISNI: 000000011740478X ULAN: 500030105 WGA: o/opstal GND: 123219450

Title

English: Apollo and Marsyas

Français : Apollon et Marsyas

Español: Apolo y Marsyas

Description

English: The satyr Marsyas foolishly challenged the Greek god Apollo to a musical competition. If he lost, he would be flayed alive. The jury of gods judged Apollo the winner, and, here, the flaying of Marsyas, bound to a tree stump, has begun. The scene is carved from a single piece of ivory, which has been reduced to paper thinness in places in order to create depth. Van Opstal worked in marble as well as ivory. His delight in dramatic subjects involving muscular strain and tension owed much to his contemporary, the greatest Flemish painter Peter Paul Rubens. This relief can be compared to Van Opstal's style of around 1640 before he moved to Paris and became an important figure at the French court as a sculptor to King Louis XIV.

Français : Le satyre Marsyas a sottement défié le dieu grec Apollon à un concours musical. S'il perd, il sera écorché vif. Le jury des dieux a désigné Apollon comme vainqueur et, dans cette scène, l'écorchement de Marsyas, attaché à une souche d'arbre, a commencé. La scène est sculptée dans une seule pièce d'ivoire, qui a été réduite à la finesse du papier par endroits afin de créer de la profondeur. Van Opstal travaillait aussi bien le marbre que l'ivoire. Son goût pour les sujets dramatiques impliquant des efforts et des tensions musculaires doit beaucoup à son contemporain, le grand peintre flamand Peter Paul Rubens. Ce relief peut être comparé au style de Van Opstal vers 1640 avant qu'il ne s'installe à Paris et ne devienne une figure importante de la cour de France en tant que sculpteur du roi Louis XIV.

Date

circa 1640 (Baroque)

Medium

ivory

Dimensions

height: 22.2 cm (8.7 in); width: 14.6 cm (5.7 in)

Collection

Walters Art Museum

	Native name	Walters Art Museum
	Location	Baltimore, United States of America
	Coordinates	39° 17′ 47.13″ N, 76° 36′ 59.4″ W
	Established	1934
	Website	thewalters.org
	Authority file	: Q210081 VIAF: 128918374 ISNI: 000000040373611X ULAN: 500279110 LCCN: no00096900 GND: 16029354-6 WorldCat

Accession number

71.476

Place of creation

Paris, France (?)

Object history

Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]
1931: bequeathed to Walters Art Museum by Henry Walters

Exhibition history

Rubens and Humanism. Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham. 1978.

Credit line

Acquired by Henry Walters

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