Orpheus speelt voor de dieren

Bruyn, Nicolaes de (1571-1656)


Item type:
print
Date of creation:
1581
Height:
44.0 cm  (17 5/16 in.)
Width:
63.0 cm  (24 13/16 in.)
Technique / Medium:
engraving
Place of creation:
Antwerpen

Additional titles

Orpheus plays in front of the animals

    Item location

  • Rijksmuseum (Amsterdam)
    [Museum inv. no.: RP-P-1889-A-14290]

Description

Orpheus is portrayed under a tree playing a sort of viol, also resembling a lirone (although the pegbox is not consistent with this latter instrument), among the animals, in a landscape.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Viola da gamba [3604]

RIdIM images


Rijksmuseum image

Image URLs

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Rijksmuseum data and image

Bibliographic references

Hollstein, F.W.H. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts ca. 1450-1700 (Amsterdam : M. Hertzberger) vol. 4 (1951) cat. nr. 131.

RIdIM record id

3098