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Orpheus Charming the Animals in a Landscape
Biblical and mythological stories afforded artists the possibility of incorporating a host of animals in a single composition. In this drawing Sinibaldo Scorza depicted a scene from the story of Orpheus described by the ancient Roman poet Ovid. In it, Orpheus charms all living things with his wonderful singing and lyre playing. The artist filled the sheet from top to bottom with animals from all c…
Publisher
- Rijksmuseum
Type of item
- drawing
- pen
- Drawing
Medium
- Purchased with the support of the F.G. Waller-Fonds
Publisher
- Rijksmuseum
Type of item
- drawing
- pen
- Drawing
Medium
- Purchased with the support of the F.G. Waller-Fonds
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Rights
- Public Domain
- Publiek Domein
Creation date
- 1621
- 1621
Place-Time
- first quarter 17th century
Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.collect.28785
- RP-T-1965-336
Extent
- height 400 mm
- width 570 mm
Format
- paper
- ink
- Paper
Language
- nl
Is part of
- collectie: tekeningen
Year
- 1621
Providing country
- Netherlands
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2014-05-27T20:05:45.606Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2018-03-17T14:33:31.106Z