Orpheus and Eurydice

A wooded landscape of dark trees framing a sunlit clearing. In the foreground a seated figure in red drapery plays a lyre among companions, while other figures walk and rest along the forest path. A hilltop town and a lake stretch into the distance under a clouded sky.

Look closer: A small figure in a red garment stands near the right trees, partly hidden by foliage.

Artist

Nicolas Poussin

Date

Medium

Oil on canvas

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

4000 × 2808 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929