How you can use this image
This image can be used for non-commercial research or private study purposes, and other UK exceptions to copyright permitted to users based in the United Kingdom under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, as amended and revised. Any other type of use will need to be cleared with the rights holder(s).
Review the copyright credit lines that are located underneath the image, as these indicate who manages the copyright (©) within the artwork, and the photographic rights within the image.
The collection that owns the artwork may have more information on their own website about permitted uses and image licensing options.
Review our guidance pages which explain how you can reuse images, how to credit an image and how to find images in the public domain or with a Creative Commons licence available.
Notes
Add or edit a note on this artwork that only you can see. You can find notes again by going to the ‘Notes’ section of your account.
National Museum Wales, National Museum Cardiff
Title
Apollo and Marsyas
Date
1879
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 106.5 x W 170 cm
Accession number
NMW A 173
Acquisition method
gift from Mrs Ivor Griffiths, 1916
Work type
Painting
Inscription description
Signed and Dated: J.M.S. 1879 Signed and Dated: Verse inscribed on stretcher of Apollo and Marsyas by Strudwick " Oh, ecstasy, Oh happiness of him who once has heard Apollo singing! As he sang, I saw the Nine, with lovely, oitying eyes, Sing "He has conquered". Yet I felt no pang of fear, only deep joy that I have heard such music while I lived, even though it brought torture and death." The "Epic of Hades" by "A New Writer"