# Apollo and Marsyas \(ceiling panel\)

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## Artwork

- Artist: [RAFFAELLO Sanzio](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/raffaello-sanzio-r5e787e781f4a4c>)
- Date: 1501-1550
- Technique: Fresco, 120 x 105 cm

## Commentary

The shepherd Marsyas had challenged the god Apollo to a musical contest. Marsyas lost and as a punishment for daring to challenge a god he was flayed alive. The scene is an allegory of divine harmony triumphing over earthly passion. With its unrhythmical composition and its elongated figures, this scene is probably by an unknown hand, and not by Raphael.

## Related artworks

- [A Group of Nude Men](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/raffaello-sanzio-r5e787e781f4a4c/a-group-of-nude-men-r02875d889ef1ae>)
- [A Group of Warriors](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/raffaello-sanzio-r5e787e781f4a4c/a-group-of-warriors-re9597bd18b1b6c>)
- [A nude man advancing to the right \(verso\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/raffaello-sanzio-r5e787e781f4a4c/a-nude-man-advancing-to-the-right-verso-r10d1d88f996ed8>)
- [A Soldier before the Cell of St Peter](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/raffaello-sanzio-r5e787e781f4a4c/a-soldier-before-the-cell-of-st-peter-r53ba61c328af3e>)
- [A Youthful Warrior \(recto\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/raffaello-sanzio-r5e787e781f4a4c/a-youthful-warrior-recto-rb384ca81f90665>)
- [Adam and Eve \(ceiling panel\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/raffaello-sanzio-r5e787e781f4a4c/adam-and-eve-ceiling-panel-r2f4fa75860c739>)
- [Aerial view](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/raffaello-sanzio-r5e787e781f4a4c/aerial-view-re570abb5db68ac>)
- [Aldobrandini Madonna \(Garvagh Madonna\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/raffaello-sanzio-r5e787e781f4a4c/aldobrandini-madonna-garvagh-madonna-r1f0b7cf1744735>)
- [Allegory \(The Knight&#39;s Dream\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/raffaello-sanzio-r5e787e781f4a4c/allegory-the-knights-dream-r6c9ba9cafbe37e>)
- [Amorini at play \(verso\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/raffaello-sanzio-r5e787e781f4a4c/amorini-at-play-verso-rdd68b1261b12f6>)
- [An Angel](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/raffaello-sanzio-r5e787e781f4a4c/an-angel-ra36424d25e0044>)
- [Angel \(fragment of the Baronci Altarpiece\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/raffaello-sanzio-r5e787e781f4a4c/angel-fragment-of-the-baronci-altarpiece-rf740d870bc7dfc>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)