Orpheus
A polychrome porcelain figure of a young man in richly patterned, gilded armor and a fringed skirt stands beside a lyre, his head turned toward the viewer. A spotted dog crouches at his feet, and a tree trunk with green foliage and a gilt-topped stem rises behind him.
Look closer: A small bird perches among the flowers at the top of the gilt-topped stem.
- Artist
- Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory
- Date
- ca. 1765
- Medium
- Soft-paste porcelain
- Source
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Size
- 3200 × 4000 px
Public domain · The Metropolitan Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1770).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (The Met Open Access, isPublicDomain=true)
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (The Met Open Access, isPublicDomain=true)
Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Irwin Untermyer, 1964