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Melchior Meier

Apollo and Marsyas and the Judgment of Midas: at right Midas with the ears of an ass resting his hand against a tree stump, at center Apollo holds a flaying knife, at left the flayed corpse of Marsyas roped to a tree, soldiers and satyrs beyond

1581
Etching
26 × 34.9 cm (10.2 × 13.7 in)

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