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Orpheus and Eurydice
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Orpheus and Eurydice

Agostino Carracci · c. 1590 - c. 1595 · engraving; paper

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

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Orpheus tries to rescue his beloved forest nymph Eurydice from the underworld. Flames rising from the underworld on the right. On the foreground left lies Orpheus's violin.

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Credit lineOrpheus en Eurydice. c. 1590 - c. 1595. Agostino Carracci. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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