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Orpheus Enchants the Animals with His Music
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Orpheus Enchants the Animals with His Music

Simon Frisius · 1618 · etching; engraving; paper

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

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Orpheus sits under a tree in the middle of a landscape and plays his lyre. Various animals, wild and tame, sit peacefully around him. In the margin below the print, two lines of text in Latin and Dutch.

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Credit lineOrpheus betovert de dieren met zijn muziek. 1618. Simon Frisius. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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