The Orpheus, however, is free of this: it has kept its original transparency even in the darker passages, and the whole painting is in a particularly fine state of preservation. [3] This work by ...
It was at one such gathering of humans and beasts that his eyes fell on a wood nymph. The girl was called Eurydice, she was beautiful and shy. She had been drawn to Orpheus enamored by his voice and ...
To the artist's sisters, Violet (Mrs. Francis) Ormond and Emily Sargent, at his death, 1925; their gift to the Fogg Art Museum, 1929. The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this ...
Part of the enduring appeal of the Orpheus and Eurydice myth is that its story of lovers separated by death is a universally lived experience. Who among us wouldn’t attempt to make a similar ...