Eugène Emmanuel Amaury-Duval (French; 1806–1885)Orphée aux Enfers, jouant de la lyre devant Proserpi
Eugène Emmanuel Amaury-Duval (French; 1806–1885)Orphée aux Enfers, jouant de la lyre devant Proserpine et Pluton = Orpheus in the Underworld, Playing theLyre Before Persephone and Pluto1849Pencil with traces of redMusée d'Orsay, ParisStudyfor the decoration of an Etruscan vase for Sèvres, presented at the NationalExhibition of Manufacturers (Exposition des Manufactures nationales), April1850. -- source link
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