Engraving of a nude male figure in an arched niche, one arm raised behind his head, with a lyre at his feet.

Orpheus (Orpheus in aedibus Card. Burghesij), from "Speculum Romanae M

An engraved print shows a nude male figure standing within an arched niche, one arm raised above his head and the other hand resting near his hip. Fine cross-hatching shapes the muscular body and the shadowed wall behind him. A lyre rests at his feet, and an inscription along the lower edge names the figure and its Borghese collection setting.

Look closer: The printed inscription and the plate number 127 sit in the lower margin.

Artist: Anonymous
Date: 16th century
Medium: Engraving
Source: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Size: 985 × 1541 px

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Public domain · The Metropolitan Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1600).
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, Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1941

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