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The Death of Orpheus

The Death of Orpheus
(1523)-1527 {or (1524)-1527}

Medium
pen and brown ink and brown wash, pencil added; laid down with a gold ruled border
Measurements
13.5 × 17.2 cm irreg. (sheet)
Inscription
stamped in purple ink l.r.: (NATIONAL GALLERY / OF VICTORIA) (in oval) (Lugt 1932g) (fragment)
inscribed in pen and ink (H. S. Gilkes' hand) l.r.: 1278/3/84
inscribed in pencil on reverse l.l.: (...illeg.)
inscribed in pencil on reverse l.r.: Parmiggiano / £4.4.-
stamped in purple ink on reverse l.r.: NATIONAL GALLERY / OF VICTORIA (in oval) (Lugt 1932g)
inscribed in pen and ink on reverse l.r.: 1278/3/84
inscribed in pen and ink on reverse l.r.: Italian Drawings
Accession Number
1278.727-3
Department
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)
Human Figures Religion and Mythology Violence
Subjects (specific)
assaults (personal life events) bacchantes murders (deaths) nudes (representations) Orpheus (Greek character) vengeance women (female humans)
Movements
Renaissance