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| Keywords: Workshop of Carlo Antonio Grue - Plate with Orpheus and Eurydice - Walters 481751.jpg Walters Art Museum artwork Creator Carlo Antonio Grue Having lost his wife Euridice to a poisonous snakebite Orpheus through his beautiful music has made his way into Hades the realm of the dead to liberate his beloved The only requirement of her release is that he cannot look at her before they have returned to earth Impatient he turns to look at her and she is lost forever This composition is based on a well-known engraving by Agostino Carracci 1557-1602 between 1680 1690 Baroque earthenware with tin glaze maiolica cm 1 1 18 5 accession number 48 1751 14065 Sangiorgi Rome date and mode of acquisition unknwn Henry Walters Baltimore date of acquisition unknown by purchase Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters place of origin Castelli Italy Walters Art Museum license Baroque art in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Carlo Antonio Grue Orpheus and Eurydice Round paintings | ||||
