Orpheus en Eurydice, Louis Desplaces, after Peter Paul Rubens, 1692 - 1739

Title(s)

Orpheus en Eurydice
Orphée. (title on object)

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-OB-63.852

Catalogue reference

• IFF 18e siècle 58-1(2)

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 240

Description

Orpheus verkrijgt van Pluto het recht Eurydice mee te nemen uit de onderwereld.

Artist

• print maker: Louis Desplaces (mentioned on object)
• after painting by: Peter Paul Rubens (mentioned on object)
• publisher: Louis Desplaces (mentioned on object)

Place

Paris

Dating

1692 - 1739

Material

• paper

Technique

etching / engraving

Measurements

height 379 mm × width 454 mm

What

• through his music Orpheus induces Pluto and/or Proserpina to let Eurydice go

Acquisition

transferred 1816

Copyright

Public domain

• Inventaire du fonds français : graveurs du dix-huitième siècle, dl. 7, p. 88, cat.nr. 58