Orpheus and Eurydice

c. 1509

Marcantonio Raimondi

Associated Names
Marcantonio Raimondi

Artist, Roman, c. 1480 - c. 1534

The image shows two figures in full-body length. On the left is a bearded person standing, playing a stringed instrument resembling a lyre. They have curly hair and are adorned with what appears to be a wreath made of leaves on their head. The person on the right is a woman with wavy hair, styled in a way that a portion is gathered at the back of her head, while a section falls over her shoulder. She is in a contrapposto position, slightly turned towards the left person and looking away. She is partially draped with a cloth around her lower body and across her shoulder. Both figures are barefoot, standing on a natural landscape that consists of grass and small rocks. In the background, there's a textured cliff or rock face on the right, and the top is covered with what seems to be overgrown moss or grass.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of W.G. Russell Allen

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed within platemark): 18.2 × 13.7 cm (7 3/16 × 5 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1941.1.65

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bartsch, no. 295


Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1802

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

Watermarks

to be identified

Wikidata ID

Q48242414

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