Marble sculpture of Orpheus leading Eurydice out of a rough stone block, his body turned toward her as they climb.

Orpheus and Eurydice

A white marble sculpture shows a nude male figure turning back as he draws a female figure upward out of a rough, unfinished block. The stone around the couple is left rough-hewn, while their bodies are smoothly polished, contrasting rough and finished surfaces.

Look closer: The female figure's face is pressed close behind the male figure's shoulder, partly hidden in the stone.

Artist: Auguste Rodin
Date: modeled ca. 1887, carved 1893
Medium: Marble
Source: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Size: 2911 × 3880 px

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Public domain · The Metropolitan Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1898).
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 Thomas F. Ryan, 1910

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