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Hanging Marsyas
Greco-Roman
Medium/Technique
Marble, probably from the Greek mainland
Dimensions
Height: 40.8 cm (16 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number01.8196
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsSculpture
Catalogue Raisonné
Sculpture in Stone (MFA), no. 171; Sculpture in Stone and Bronze (MFA), p. 111 (additional published references).
DescriptionThe tree trunk has been worked off. There are dowel holes for the attachment of the head, the right arm, and both legs. The surfaces have been slightly damaged and are now thoroughly cleaned.
(J. B. Ward-Perkins: bad Pentelic)
(J. B. Ward-Perkins: bad Pentelic)
ProvenanceBy 1901: with E. P. Warren (according to Warren's records: Bought in Rome.); purchased by MFA from E. P. Warren, December 1901