Orpheus seated playing his lyre, and charming the animals — Peregrino da Cesena

Peregrino da Cesena

Orpheus seated playing his lyre, and charming the animals

ca. 1500–20

Dating
Approximate date range
Held at
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium
Niello print (in the manner of nielli)
Dimensions
Plate: 2 1/16 x 1 3/16 in. (5.2 x 3 cm)
Collection no.
28.97.99
Attribution
By the artist
Image rights
CC0 1.0License details

Peregrino da Cesena. Orpheus seated playing his lyre, and charming the animals. Peregrino da Cesena; The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1928. CC0 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). Full-frame proportional resize and JPEG compression.

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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