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Orpheus and Eurydice
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Orpheus and Eurydice

ca. 1590–95

Medium

Engraving, 2nd state

Dimensions

5 1/2 x 4 in. (14 x 10.2 cm) trimmed to the platemark

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Henry Walters, 1917

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About Agostino Carracci

1557–1602Papal States

Agostino left his profession as a tailor to become an artist. His earliest works were engravings, which was an extremely profitable practice and he was famed for having attained new heights of perfection. He was also a skilled painter and collaborated with his famous relations on various commisions. Comment on works: Religious; Portraits.