Orpheus and Eurydice

Vischer, Peter, the younger (1487-1528)


Item type:
sculpture
Date of creation:
ca. 1515
Height:
19.3 cm  (7 5/8 in.)
Width:
14.9 cm  (5 7/8 in.)
Technique / Medium:
bronze

    Item location

  • National Gallery of Art (Washington, DC)
    [Museum inv. no.: 1957.14.565]

Description

Standing Orpheus playing lira da braccio held on his thigh.

Iconclass

94O21
Orpheus and Eurydice
94O51
Orpheus playing the lyre

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Lira da braccio [3181]

RIdIM images


Image URLs

image link 1

RIdIM record id

3944