Lithograph of a woman in a robe embracing a seated, bare-chested man who rests his head in his hand on a rock, with trees behind them.

Orpheus and Eurydice

A woman in a flowing robe clasps a seated man from behind while he rests his head in his hand on a rocky ledge. Hatched and stippled tones build a wooded landscape and soft shadows in this lithograph on cream paper; the signature 'Hersent' appears lower right.

Artist: Louis Hersent
Date: 1800/30
Medium: Lithograph on cream wove paper
Source: Art Institute of Chicago
Size: 1686 × 2037 px

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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1830).
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, John H. Wrenn Memorial Collection

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