Saca Orfeo a Euridice del Infierno y vuelve a perderla por mirarla

Title

Saca Orfeo a Euridice del Infierno y vuelve a perderla por mirarla

Period

1800-1850;

Geographic

Ancient Greece

Description

This image depicts Orpheus trying to save his wife Eurydice from the Underworld. Eurydice had died from a venomous snake bite, and Orpheus was so pained by her death that he traveled to the Underworld to try to rescue her. He played his lyre for the lord and lady of the Underworld, and they were impressed with him and allowed him to take Eurydice back to the surface with him on the condition that he does not look at her. Orpheus, however, did not listen. He looked back to Eurydice to make sure she was following him, and she instantly vanished. This image depicts Orpheus standing in front of Eurydice as he looks back to her. Eurydice’s hands are in the air as she is about to go back to the Underworld due to him looking at her.

Image Creator

D. José Assensio (Engraver)

Type

Text

Engraving

Identifier

mta:25043

Language

spa

Source Name

Metamorfoseos o Transformaciones de Ovidio, Traducidos al Castellano con Algunas Notas Para su Inteligencia, Por Don Francisco Crivell [Metamorphoses or Transformations of Ovid, Translated into Castilian with Notes for your Intelligence, By Don Francisco Crivell]

Parent Collection

Metamorfoseos o Transformaciones de Ovidio Traducidos al Castellano. Engravings by D. Jose Assensio (1819)

Image

mta_25043_OBJ.jpg

Collection

Ovid's Metamorphoses

Subject

Orpheus

Eurydice

Gods

Goddesses

Mythology