Bernard Picart, Cornelis Bloemaert, and others

Orpheus, Leading Eurydice Out of Hell, Looks Back Upon Her, and Loses Her Forever

1730-1733, published 1733

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Orpheus, Leading Eurydice Out of Hell, Looks Back Upon Her, and Loses Her Forever

1730-1733, published 1733

Physical Qualities Etching and engraving, Sheet: 457 x 286 mm. (18 x 11 1/4 in.) Plate: 358 x 258 mm. (14 1/8 x 10 3/16 in.) Image: 348 x 249 mm. (13 11/16 x 9 13/16 in.)

Portfolio/Series From the book "Tafereel, Of Beschryving van den prachtigen Tempel der Zang-Godinnen," (Amsterdam: Chatelain, 1733) by Antoine La Barre de Beaumarchais (d. 1757)

Credit Line Garrett Collection

Object Number 1946.112.13032

BMA, Jacobs Wing rotation, August 15, 2007- January 29, 2008

Signed: 2

Inscribed: Recto: in plate, lower right: "B. Picart dir."; "ORPHÉE, RAMENANT EURYDICE DES ENFERS, SE TOURNE POUR LA REGARDER, & LA PERD POUR JAMAIS. / Orpheus, leading Eurydice out of Hell, looks back upon her, and looses her forever. / Des Orpheus unglückliches zurück Schauen. / Orpheus Eurydice uyt de Helle wederbrengende verliest haar voor eeuwig."; in plate, at bottom left: "B. Picart del."; at bottom right of sheet, in graphite: "57"