Who created "Plate 100: The death of Orpheus, from 'Ovid's Metamorphoses'"?

Plate 100: The death of Orpheus, from 'Ovid's Metamorphoses' was created by Johann Wilhelm Baur in 1641.

What medium is "Plate 100: The death of Orpheus, from 'Ovid's Metamorphoses'"?

Plate 100: The death of Orpheus, from 'Ovid's Metamorphoses' is Etching.

Is "Plate 100: The death of Orpheus, from 'Ovid's Metamorphoses'" in the public domain?

Yes, Plate 100: The death of Orpheus, from 'Ovid's Metamorphoses' is in the public domain and available for free download under CC0 license.

Plate 100: The death of Orpheus, from 'Ovid's Metamorphoses'

Johann Wilhelm Baur

1641

Medium

Etching

Dimensions

Sheet (Trimmed): 5 3/16 × 8 3/16 in. (13.2 × 20.8 cm)

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Harry G. Friedman, 1962

Accession Number

62.635.621

About the Artist

Johann Wilhelm Baur · 1607–1642

Johann Wilhelm Baur was a German draughtsman, painter, and printmaker who came of age in the early seventeenth century and built his reputation through the production of finely detailed illustrations and miniatures. Though the precise details of his training remain incompletely documented, Baur developed his skills in the tradition of German and Northern European graphic art, showing influences fr...

Plate 100: The death of Orpheus, from 'Ovid's Metamorphoses'

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