Pietro della Vecchia, ca,1602/03-1678 Orpheus and Eurydice, n/d, oil on canvas, 168x130 cm Private C
Pietro della Vecchia, ca,1602/03-1678 Orpheus and Eurydice, n/d, oil on canvas, 168x130 cm Private CollectionThe canvas in question derives from the famous engraving by Agostino Carracci, preserved at the Albertina in Vienna, and reprinted in the following years (Accademia dei Lincei), with ten other mythological and biblical subjects, belonging to a group defined as the Lascivie by virtue of of the topics covered. Scholars have classified them as a corpus, despite the diversity of subject and format. (Ars Antiqua, Milano) -- source link