Orpheus and Eurydyce

Muybridge, Eadweard (1830-1904)

Beyschlag, Robert (1838-1903)

Item type:

photographic object

Date of creation:

1878-1879

Height:

3.7 cm  (1 7/16 in.)

Width:

2.3 cm  ( 15/16 in.)

Technique / Medium:

wet plate collodion on glass, positive lantern slide

Place of creation:

United States

Description

Orpheus carries Euridice by his left arm with his head turned away from her so that we see the left profile of his face. He carries a five-string lyre in his right hand. He is dressed in a tunic with a robe covering his left shoulder and a laurel wreath on his head. Euridice holds on to his shoulders. Her head is tipped back with her face pointing straight up, and her eyes are closed. She is wearing a full-length dress.

Iconclass

94O21
Orpheus and Eurydice

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Lyre [3501]

RIdIM images

Image URLs

image link 1

Notes

Provenance: Muybridge Collection.
A lantern slide of a reproduction of a painting by Robert Beyschlag.

RIdIM record id

5467