Apollo Flaying Marsyas

Giovanni Battista Foggini

Cleveland Museum of Art

Bronze sculpture of two nude male figures. The figure on the left is standing with his back to a tree stump, arms raised holding a branch with leaves. A cloth is wrapped around his waist. The figure on the right stands in front of him, to the right, with one leg bent. He holds a tool in the right hand and grasps the other's wrist with the left. His cloth is draped over his shoulder and around his waist. The base is oval shaped with rocks and tree roots. The background fades from dark gray at the top to light gray at the bottom.