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Tapestry of a musician in red playing a lyre in a forest, with two seated figures and a classical building in the background, framed by a floral border.

Orpheus Playing the Lyre to Hades and Persephone, from Orpheus and Eurydice or The Metamorphoses

A woven tapestry shows a red-robed musician playing a lyre at left while two seated figures, a bearded man with a scepter and a woman in white draped fabric, listen in a leafy forest clearing. A classical building appears through the trees at right, framed by a border of fruits and flowers.

Artist
Wauters Workshop
Date
c. 1685
Medium
Wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave Warp: Count: 7 warps per cm; wool: S-ply of three Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.8
Source
Art Institute of Chicago
Size
1686 × 1532 px
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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1695).
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, Gift of Marshall Field and Company

Español: Orfeo tocando la lira ante Hades y Perséfone, tapiz

Un tapiz tejido muestra a un músico con túnica roja tocando una lira a la izquierda, mientras dos figuras sentadas, un hombre barbado con un cetro y una mujer con tela blanca drapeada, escuchan en un claro boscoso. Al fondo, entre los árboles, se ve un edificio clásico, y el borde está decorado con frutas y flores.

Português: Orfeu tocando lira para Hades e Perséfone, tapeçaria

Uma tapeçaria tecida mostra um músico de manto vermelho tocando uma lira à esquerda, enquanto duas figuras sentadas, um homem barbudo com cetro e uma mulher de tecido branco drapeado, escutam numa clareira arborizada. Ao fundo, entre as árvores, aparece um edifício clássico, e a bordadura é decorada com frutas e flores.