Orpheus

Unknown (Venetian)

Bellini, Giovanni (born 1431-1436, died 1516) (formerly attributed to)


Item type:
painting
Date of creation:
ca. 1515
Height:
39.5 cm  (15 9/16 in.)
Width:
81.0 cm  (31 7/8 in.)
Technique / Medium:
oil on panel transferred to canvas
Place of creation:
Venezia (Italia)

    Item location

  • National Gallery of Art (Washington, DC)
    Widener Collection[Museum inv. no.: 1942.9.2]

Description

Orpheus playing a lira da braccio.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Lira da braccio [3181]

RIdIM images


Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington

Image URLs

image link 2
National Gallery of Art image and description

Bibliographic references

Fessaguet, Isabelle. "Les images d'Orphée en Italie à la Renaissance", in: Catherine Camboulives, et al., Les métamorphoses d'Orphée (Bruxelles: Musée Communal d'Ixelles, 1995), 34-41. RILM 1996-15959.

Notes

The painting was formerly attributed to Giovanni Bellini.

RIdIM record id

1