Euridice stirbt von der Schlangen gisst · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Euridice stirbt von der Schlangen gisst
Period: 1550-1600;
Geographic: Thrace; Ancient Greece
Description: This engraving illustrates the new wife of Orpheus, Eurydice, surrounded by Naiads. While taking a walk with the Naiads one day, Eurydice had stepped on a poisonous snake that had been hiding in the grass. It bit her. This is depicted in the engraving, with Eurydice’s hands in the air in shock, with her head facing the snake to look at what had bit her. The poison ends up killing her, which results in her husband, Orpheus, going to the Underworld to save her.
Image Creator: Virgil Solis (Engraver)
Type: Text; Woodcut Engraving
Identifier: mta:22979
Language: ger
Source Name: P. Ouidij Nasonis, deß Sinnreichen und hochverstendigen Poeten, Metamorphoses oder Verwandlung, mit schönen figuren gezieret, auch kurzen Argumenten und außlegungen erkläret, und in Teutsche Reymen gebracht, durch Johann Spreng von Augspurg [Publius Ovidius Naso, the Ingenious and Highly Understandable Poet, Metamorphoses or Transformations, Adorned with Beautiful Images, and also descriptions of Short Arguments and Explanations, Brought into German Rhymes by Johann Spreng of Augsburg]
Parent Collection: 1564 Frankfurt Spreng
Image: mta_22979_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Ovid's Metamorphoses
Subject: Eurydice; Naiads; Snakes; Roman Mythology; Greek Mythology; Orpheus