Marsyas
Object type: Bust
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Culture: German, executed Rome or Florence
Artist: Balthasar Permoser
Artist bio: German, Kammer, near Otting, Chiemgau, Bavaria 1651–1732 Dresden
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: German
Date: ca. 1680–85
Medium: Marble on a black marble socle inlaid with light marble panels
Dimensions: confirmed: 27 × 17 3/8 × 11 1/8 in., 133.8 lb. (68.6 × 44.1 × 28.3 cm, 60.7 kg)
socle, confirmed: 6 1/4 in. (15.9 cm)
yellow marble display column (wt confirmed): 644 lb. (295.7 kg)
Classification: Sculpture
Credit line: Rogers Fund and Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 2002
Accession year: 2002
Tags: Suffering|Satyrs