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Who painted “Apollo and Marsyas”?

“Apollo and Marsyas” was painted by Pietro Perugino in 1497. Where to see it: Louvre.

Apollo and Marsyas — Pietro Perugino

Italian Renaissance

What to look for

Pietro Perugino: calm, symmetrical compositions with sweet tilted faces, slender trees and open, airy landscapes.

Pietro Perugino was an Italian Renaissance painter of the Umbrian school who developed some of the qualities that found classic expression in the High Renaissance. Raphael became his most famous pupil. Wikipedia

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