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Orpheus and Eurydice

1864

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The story

Robert Browning wrote his 1864 poem Eurydice to Orpheus in direct response to this painting, shown the same year. The poem gives a voice of her own to the Eurydice who stays silent in Leighton's picture.

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Object details

Title: Orpheus and Eurydice
Artist: Frederic Leighton
Date: 1864
Culture: British
Medium
Object type: Other
Collection: Leighton House, London (LH/P/OT/0392)
Credit line: Image source Wikimedia Commons. License Public domain.
Object number: EFA.0822
Original image: 2566 × 3000 px
Source record: View on Wikimedia Commons
License evidence: See the license

Cite this object

Frederic Leighton. Orpheus and Eurydice. 1864. Leighton House, London (LH/P/OT/0392). Image source Wikimedia Commons. License Public domain. In The Secret Cabinet, https://thesecretcabinet.com/object/ea0822/