Orpheus

A pale robed figure stands at center before broken walls and fluted columns of classical ruins. A deer and two lions lie at the lower edges, and a figure in a tunic stands at left. Drawn in pen and brown ink with wash, the scene opens onto a distant landscape with small buildings.

Look closer: A small figure stands in the distant background near the right-hand building.

Artist

Italian

Date

early 16th century

Medium

Pen and brown ink

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

2775 × 3876 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Robert Lehman Collection, 1975