Who painted “Apollo and Marsyas”?

“Apollo and Marsyas” was painted by Luca Giordano in 1665. Where to see it: Pushkin Museum.

What to look for

Baroque: Renaissance painting is calmer and evenly lit; Rococo after it is lighter, paler and playful. Dutch Golden Age painting is the Protestant, everyday side of the same century.

Luca Giordano (18 October 1634 – 3 January 1705) was an Italian late-Baroque painter and printmaker in etching. Giordano was one of the most celebrated artists of the Neapolitan Baroque, whose vast output included altarpieces, mythological paintings and many decorative fresco cycles in both palaces and churches. Wikipedia

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More by Luca Giordano

“Rape of Europa”, 1675
“Battle Between the Lapiths and Centaurs”, 1684
“Young Bacchus Sleeping”, 1681
“Paris's Judgement”, 1681
“Triumph of Galatea”, 1675
“Vulcan's Forge”, 1660
“The Fall of the Rebel Angels”, 1666
“Adoration of the Shepherds (1688)”, 1688