Orpheus sitting on a stone holding a string instrument and charming the animals with music. Engraving by A. de Bruyn.

  • Bruyn, Abraham de, 1540-1587.
Date:
1578
Reference:
40240i
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Orpheus sitting on a stone holding a string instrument and charming the animals with music. Engraving by A. de Bruyn. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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The large group of animals surrounding Orpheus includes a unicorn and an elephant

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[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1578.

Physical description

1 print : engraving, with etching ; sheet 5.8 x 21.5 cm

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1578 ADB

Reference

Wellcome Collection 40240i

Creator/production credits

It appears to be de Bruyn's monogram-the crossbar of the A going through a small D into the B

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