File:Dante Gabriel Rossetti - Orpheus and Eurydice.jpg
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Dante Gabriel Rossetti: Orpheus and Eurydice
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Orpheus and Eurydice |
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English: Orpheus and Eurydice from Virgil; enthroned above a dungeon representing Hades are Pluto, holding a staff, and the lamenting figure of Proserpine, below are Orpheus, holding a harp, glancing over his shoulder while leading Eurydice out of Hades, to right on steps, a creature with a female head and shoulders, claws and a tail. (see source) |
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| Date | 1875 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | graphite on paper | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | height: 60.7 cm (23.8 in); width: 51.2 cm (20.1 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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British Atlas PVII (not on view) |
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1910,1210.9 |
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| Object history | Purchased by Col. Gillum at Rossetti's sale, Christie's 12.v.1883/180 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Exhibition history | 1994-5 Sept-Jan, BM, Pre-Raphaelite Drawings, no.36 2003-4 Oct-Jan, Liverpool, Walker Art Gallery, 'Dante Gabriel Rossetti' 2004 Feb-June, Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum, 'Dante Gabriel Rossetti' | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Credit line | Bequeathed by: Col William James Gillum | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| References | Rossetti Archive | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source/Photographer | British Museum: online database: entry 751276 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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