# Marcantonio Pasquilini Crowned by Apollo

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## Artwork

- Artist: [SACCHI, Andrea](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/sacchi-andrea-re0bbddd4e4dcec>)
- Date: 1601-1650
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 244 x 194 cm

## Commentary

Pasqualini \(1614-1691\) was the leading male soprano of his day. He joined the choir of the Sistine Chapel in 1630, and from 1632 was a protagonist of many operas produced at the Palazzo Barberini in Rome.

## Related artworks

- [Ceiling fresco](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/sacchi-andrea-re0bbddd4e4dcec/ceiling-fresco-rfe382fb0e03706>)
- [Hagar and Ismail in the Desert](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/sacchi-andrea-re0bbddd4e4dcec/hagar-and-ismail-in-the-desert-rfd4061e604199a>)
- [Portrait of Monsignor Clemente Merlini](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/sacchi-andrea-re0bbddd4e4dcec/portrait-of-monsignor-clemente-merlini-r932a50e30b3f8e>)
- [St Francis Marrying Poverty](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/sacchi-andrea-re0bbddd4e4dcec/st-francis-marrying-poverty-r7a1f419053c333>)
- [Sts Anthony Abbot and Francis of Assisi](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/sacchi-andrea-re0bbddd4e4dcec/sts-anthony-abbot-and-francis-of-assisi-r0f6b7e5d6b1742>)
- [The Three Magdalenes](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/sacchi-andrea-re0bbddd4e4dcec/the-three-magdalenes-r359e6ad5232aed>)
- [The Vision of St Romuald](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/sacchi-andrea-re0bbddd4e4dcec/the-vision-of-st-romuald-r581dfab5312df4>)
- [Venus at Rest](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/sacchi-andrea-re0bbddd4e4dcec/venus-at-rest-ra8884f462d2690>)

## Attribution

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