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Small black engraving of a seated musician playing a lute under a bare tree, with animals resting around him on rocky ground.

Orpheus Charming the Animals

A small engraving shows a seated, nude young man playing a lute beneath a bare, twisted tree. Animals gather around him: a dog lies at lower left, and a figure with a bird or beast sits at lower right, amid rocky ground and water.

Artist: Peregrino da Casena
Date: 1490/1510
Medium: Engraving in black, from a niello plate, on ivory laid paper
Source: Art Institute of Chicago
Size: 843 × 1387 px

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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1510).
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, Bequest of Mrs. Potter Palmer, Jr.

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