BASSANO, Francesco
(b. 1549, Bassano, d. 1592, Venezia)

Orpheus Charming the Animals

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Oil on canvas, 98 x 125 cm
Private collection

This painting is one of the versions of the mythological subject painted by both Francesco and Leandro Bassano.

Suggested listening (streaming mp3, 7 minutes):
Cristoph Willibald Gluck: Orfeo, Act I, Orpheus' aria in G Major