Orfeusz megszeliditi az állatokat

Hoy, Nikolaus van (1631-1679)

Ossenbeck, Jan van (1624-1674)

Bassano, Leandro (1557-1622)


Item type:
print
Date of creation:
1660
Height:
31.0 cm  (12 3/16 in.)
Width:
21.1 cm  (8 5/16 in.)
The Rijksmuseum version measures 21,3 x 30,4 cm
Technique / Medium:
etching
Place of creation:
Bruxelles (België)

Additional titles

Orpheus domesticates the animals
Orpheus temt de dieren

    Item location

  • Szépművészeti Múzeum
    [Museum inv. no.: 36.738]

  • Rijksmuseum (Amsterdam)
    [Museum inv. no.: RP-P-OB-2346]

Description

Under a tree Orpheus plays a lira da braccio to the animals while a monkey is holding a book with music opened.

Iconclass

94O51
Orpheus playing the lyre

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Lira da braccio [3181]

Musical works

illegible music notation

RIdIM images


Image from Rijksmuseum (Amsterdam)

Image URLs

image link 1
Rijksmuseum image

Bibliographic references

Vegelin van Claerbergen, E. et al., David Teniers and the Theatre of Painting, London, the Courtauld Institute of Art Paul Holberton (2006)

Hollstein, F.W.H, Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts ca. 1450-1700, vol. 14 (1956), p. 212, cat.nr. 74

RIdIM record id

108