Sculpture

Orpheus and Eurydice

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Type: Sculpture(Opens in new tab)
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 Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Department: European Art
Find out more: View in the Art Museum catalog(Opens in new tab)

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