Orpheus

Coudray, Marie-Alexandre-Lucien (1865-1932)


Item type:
numismatic
Date of creation:
1893
Diameter:
6.8 cm  (2 11/16 in.)
Technique / Medium:
copper

    Item location

  • Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya (Barcelona)
    [Museum inv. no.: 111471-N]

Description

Obverse: Bust of Orpheus with a lyre, facing left; Reverse: Angel with trumpet, scroll (of music?) and violin

Iconclass

94O51
Orpheus playing the lyre
11G21
angels singing, making music

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Kithara [4940]
End-blown trumpet [6556]
Violin [3573]

RIdIM images


Image from website of the Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya of Barcelona

Image URLs

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RIdIM record id

454