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Sculpture
Orpheus and Eurydice
1 of 2
- Date
- 1719-1724
- Accession number
- 14.51
- Maker
- Lorenzo Mattielli(Opens in new tab) (Italian, 1687–1748)
- Dimensions
- 80 × 48 × 25 in. (203.2 × 121.9 × 63.5 cm.) base: 37 × 53 × 28 in. (94 × 134.6 × 71.1 cm.) overall: 117 × 53 × 28 in. (297.2 × 134.6 × 71.1 cm.)
- Medium
- limestone
- Description
- This sculptural group portrays a Greek legend about love in which the mythical poet Orpheus braves the underworld to bring his dead wife, Eurydice, back to life.
- Credit
- The Huntington
- Department
- European Art
- Find out more
- View in the Art Museum catalog(Opens in new tab)
