Orpheus and Eurydice

Reni, Guido (1575-1642)

Item type:

painting

Date of creation:

1596-1597

Height:

214.6 cm  (84 1/2 in.)

Width:

166.5 cm  (65 9/16 in.)

framed: 214.6 × 166.5 cm (84 1/2 × 65 9/16 in.)

Technique / Medium:

oil on canvas

Place of creation:

Bologna (Italia)

Description

Portrait of Orpheus holding a partially visible bowed string instrument (probably lira da braccio) and bow in his left hand, looking at the nearly-nude figure of Euridice as he tries to draw her toward him with his right arm.

Iconclass

94O21
Orpheus and Euridice

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Lira da braccio [3181] (with bow)

RIdIM images

Image URLs

image link 1

Notes

Commissioned for the Palazzo Lambertini, Bologna, probably in 1596

RIdIM record id

6170