Plate 18: Orpheus led by Bacchus (Orfeo condotto da Bacco), from "The

An etched print shows an ornate, ship-shaped float on water, its high carved stern decorated with scrolls and shields. Figures in armor and robes crowd the deck beneath a vine-wrapped mast, while a figure labelled Orfeo sits near the stern and a bare-chested Bacco stands at right. Smoke rises from the left.

Look closer: A small dog or lion-like animal sits on the bow ledge at the far left.

Artist

Anonymous

Date

1664

Medium

Etching; reverse copy

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

3393 × 2319 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011