Orpheus losing Eurydice

Moderno (1467-1528) (attributed to)


Item type:
sculpture
Date of creation:
late 15th-early 16th c.
Diameter:
10.5 cm  (4 1/8 in.)
Technique / Medium:
bronze

    Item location

  • National Gallery of Art (Washington, DC)
    [Museum inv. no.: 1957.14.332]

Description

Orpheus holding lira da braccio.

Iconclass

94O2122
when leaving the underworld, Orpheus looks back and loses Eurydice for ever

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Lira da braccio [3181]

RIdIM images


Image URLs

image link 1

RIdIM record id

3963