"Orphee mis en pieces par les dames de Thrace"

Eisen, Charles (1720-1778)


Item type:
drawing
Date of creation:
1768
Technique / Medium:
graphite on paper

    Item location

  • National Gallery of Art (Washington, DC)
    [Museum inv. no.: 1942.9.1055]

Description

Orpheus torn to pieces by the women of Thrace, who changed into trees of different types. (Preliminary drawing for Ovid, Metamorphoses). Orpheus holding lyre.

Iconclass

94O68
death of Orpheus: he is torn to pieces by the Thracian women during a Bacchic orgy

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Lyre [3501]

Image URLs

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RIdIM record id

4033