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Orpheus in the Underworld
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Orpheus in the Underworld

Virgilius Solis · 1569 · letterpress printing; houtsnede; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Orpheus has descended into the underworld and plays his lyre to move Pluto to return his wife Eurydice to him.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
printboekillustratieCharon, the ferrymanHades, the Underworld
Credit lineOrpheus in de onderwereld. 1569. Virgilius Solis. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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