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Orpheus Charming the Animals

Marcantonio Raimondi

Cleveland Museum of Art

The image depicts a man playing a musical instrument while surrounded by various animals. The man sits on the ground, wearing a long robe with long wavy hair. He faces left, playing a stringed instrument with a round object at the end of the neck. His right leg is bent with the foot behind him and the left leg is extended in front of him. Animals surround him: a bear on the left, a wolf-like animal on the right, and a bird on a branch behind the wolf-like animal. The man sits on a dirt path with grass and insects around. Behind him are trees with bare branches on the left and a tree with leaves on the right. The background features a body of water with mountains in the distance.

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730 × 900 px
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