Orpheus, bronze medal by Eugène Mouchon, 1889
A round bronze medal in low relief shows a nude youthful figure with a laurel wreath seated on a rock, playing a lyre. A crouching lion rests at his feet beside a tree trunk, with a hazy landscape behind.
- Artist
- Eugène Mouchon
- Date
- 1889
- Medium
- Bronze
- Source
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Size
- 1686 × 1685 px
Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1889).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)
Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Blewett Lee