Orpheus and Eurydice

Orpheus, a bearded man with a wild head of hair, turns back while a nude Eurydice grasps his arm and pulls him away. Flames curl over the rocks behind them, and dense hatching shapes the bodies and the fiery landscape.

Look closer: A small object, possibly a lyre, lies on the rocks near the lower edge.

Artist

Agostino Carracci

Date

ca. 1590–95

Medium

Engraving, second state

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

2402 × 3397 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Henry Walters, 1917