Orpheus Charming the Animals
painting by Aelbert Cuyp, Museum of Fine Arts Boston
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Summary
Orpheus Charming the Animals is a painting[1]. It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[2]
Key Facts
- Creator: Aelbert Cuyp[3]
- Owned by: Rose-Marie and Eijk van Otterloo Collection[4]
- Genre: mythological painting[5]
- Depicts: camel[6], Orpheus[7], Panthera pardus[8], elephant[9]
- Made from material: oil paint[10], canvas[11]
- Collection: Rose-Marie and Eijk van Otterloo Collection[12], Johnny Van Haeften Gallery[13], Museum of Fine Arts Boston[14]
- Inventory number: L-R 251.2017[15]
- Location: Museum of Fine Arts Boston[16]
- Catalog code: 1[17]
- Inception: 1640[18]
- Described at URL: https://ngabiographies.org/slideshows/aelbertcuyp#slide_7[19], https://collections.mfa.org/objects/65874[20]
- Depicts Iconclass notation: 46C13141[21], 25F24(DEER)[22], 9[23], 25F37(STORK)[24], 47I2111[25], 47I213[26], 25F24(DROMEDARY)[27], 25F35(PEACOCK)[28], 34B232(+51)[29], 34B11[30], 34B12[31], 25F25(ELEPHANT)[32], 47I214[33], 25F35(PARROT)[34]
- Title: Orpheus speelt voor de dieren[35], Orpheus playing for the animals[36]
- Height: 113 cm[37]
- Width: 167 cm[38]
- Copyright status: public domain[39]