Orpheus among the animals

Unknown (Roman)

Item type:

mosaic

Date of creation:

ca. 250

Height:

258.0 cm  (101 9/16 in.)

Width:

164.0 cm  (64 9/16 in.)

Technique / Medium:

mosaic

Place of creation:

Sardinia (Italia)

School:

Roman school

Description

Originally the scene presented Orpheus with his lyre, seated between two trees in company of a large dog and surrounded by other animals arranged around the principal figure, whose back was turned toward the centre of the composition.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Lyre [3501]

RIdIM images

Bibliographic references

Images of music: A cultural heritage. CD 3: Musical myths (Innsbruck, Germany: Institut für Musikwissenschaft, Universität Innsbruck, 2003)

Santarelli, Cristina. "Un topos dell’iconografia musicale: Orfeo", Orfeo, il mito, la musica: Percorsi tra musicologia e antropologia musicale, atti delle Giornate di Studio a cura di S. Leoni, Alessandria, 24-25 novembre 1999 (Torino: Trauben, 2002) 145-168. ISBN 888839804X. RILM 2002-8423.

RIdIM record id

3030