Drölling: Orphée et Eurydice

Orpheus (left) naked except for a cloak, rushes towards Eurydice (foreground right) who falls into Mercury's arms (background right) to Hell. Orpheus' left hand is outstretched toward Eurydice, barely grazing her arm. His right hand is raised, palm toward the viewer in denial or supplication. Mercury is mostly obscured by shadow, identified by his winged helmet. A lyre lies on the ground at at Eurydice's feet.

Eurydice is swept back to the underworld by Mercury as Orpheus looks on. Michel-Martin Drölling (c. 1820) oil on canvas, Musée national Magnin, Dijon 1938 F 303.

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Associated Passages
569-591
Date
c. 1820
Medium
oil on canvas
Location
Magnin National Museum, Dijon
Image Credit
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