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The death of Orpheus

The death of Orpheus
 1787
plate 35 from A collection of prints, after the sketches and drawings of the late celebrated Giovanni Battista Cipriani series (1787-89), published 1789

Medium
etching and aquatint printed in sepia ink
Measurements
21.5 × 26.5 cm (image) 23.0 × 30.2 cm (sheet, trimmed within platemark)
Place/s of Execution
London, England
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Wessely 484
Printing/Publishing
published by John and Josiah Boydell, London
Inscription
printed in ink l.l.: G. B. Cipriani Inv.t
printed in ink l.c.: 35. / Publiſhed Sep.r 2.d 1787. by John & Joſiah Boydell. N.o 90, Cheapſide London.
printed in ink l.r.: R.d Earlom. Sculpſit.
Accession Number
1278.1197-3
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1923
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Gallery location
Not on display
Subjects (general)
Another Work Human Figures Religion and Mythology
Subjects (specific)
assaults (personal life events) bacchantes murders (deaths) nudes (representations) Orpheus (Greek character) reproductive prints vengeance women (female humans)