Orpheus

1528

Agostino dei Musi

Associated Names
Agostino dei Musi

Artist, Italian, c. 1490 - 1536 or after

This is a drawing of a scene with a figure playing a lyre and a creature with three heads. The image shows a singular figure standing beside a tree holding a lyre, facing an opening of jagged rocks. In the rocky enclosure, a three-headed creature is present with each head displaying different expressions. The sky background has wispy clouds and a branch with leaves casting a slight shadow. The design emphasizes details in the figure's musculature and the fur of the three-headed creature, creating an atmosphere of enchantment and mythology.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to platemark): 7.9 × 6.2 cm (3 1/8 × 2 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1954.12.37

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bartsch, no. 259

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Paul Davidsohn [1839-1924?], London, Vienna, and Berlin (Lugt 654). Friedrich Andreas Lieberg [born 1898 in Kassel], Buenos Aires (Lugt 1681bis)

Associated Names

Bibliography

1802

  • Bartsch, Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna, 1802-1821: Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna: J.V. Degen, 1802-1821.

Inscriptions

recto: in plate, in image, at lower left: 1528 A V

Markings

verso: Paul Davidsohn (Lugt 654); Friedrich Andreas Lieberg (Lugt 1681bis)

Wikidata ID

Q65214196

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