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Drawing, Flaying of Marsyas

This is a Drawing. It was created by Jean-Baptiste van Loo. It is dated 1725–1745 and we acquired it in 1931. Its medium is red chalk with traces of graphite, brush and green and black watercolor on laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Eleanor Garnier Hewitt and Sarah Cooper Hewitt. It is credited Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.

Its dimensions are

23.3 × 17.6 cm (9 3/16 × 6 15/16 in.)

It is inscribed

written in ink, at lower right corner: "J. B. Vanloo"

Cite this object as

Drawing, Flaying of Marsyas; Jean-Baptiste van Loo (French, 1684 - 1745); France; red chalk with traces of graphite, brush and green and black watercolor on laid paper; 23.3 × 17.6 cm (9 3/16 × 6 15/16 in.); Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1931-64-264

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