Orpheus and Eurydice - New York City, NY
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N 40° 46.762 W 073° 57.762
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This sculpture is located at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Waymark Code: WMNV4X
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 05/04/2015
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The Museum's website (
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"Orpheus and Eurydice
Artist: Auguste Rodin (French, Paris 1840–1917 Meudon)
Date: modeled probably before 1887, carved 1893
Culture: French, Paris
Medium: Marble
Dimensions: Overall (confirmed): H. 48 3/4 x W. 31 1/8 x D. 25 3/8 in. (123.8 x 79.1 x 64.5 cm)...
Originally modeled for The Gates of Hell, where it was apparently intended to illustrate a poem from Baudelaire's Les Fleurs du Mal, this group was abandoned by Rodin in the final version of The Gates but given a second existence under the present title. The figure of Eurydice is recognizable as that of the Martyr and exemplifies Rodin's propensity for exploring the multiple interpretations of a single form."
and Wikipedia (
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"Orpheus ... was a legendary musician, poet, and prophet in ancient Greek religion and myth. The major stories about him are centered on his ability to charm all living things and even stones with his music, his attempt to retrieve his wife, Eurydice, from the underworld, and his death at the hands of those who could not hear his divine music. As an archetype of the inspired singer, Orpheus is one of the most significant figures in the reception of classical mythology in Western culture, portrayed or alluded to in countless forms of art and popular culture including poetry, film, opera, music, and painting.
For the Greeks, Orpheus was a founder and prophet of the so-called "Orphic" mysteries. He was credited with the composition of the Orphic Hymns, a collection of which survives. Shrines containing purported relics of Orpheus were regarded as oracles. Some ancient Greek sources note Orpheus' Thracian origins."