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Orpheus and Eurydice - Large Oil Painting (122305)

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Orpheus and Eurydice - Large Oil Painting  (122305)
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This item SOLD at 2020 Dec 20 @ 08:18UTC-8 : PST/AKDT
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Very large oil painting of the ill-fated Orpheus and Eurydice of Greek mythology. Orpheus, sone of the sun god Apollo and famed for his beautiful singing voice, went into the depths of Hades to plead for the return of his dead wife, beautiful Eurydice. The god of the underworld consented on the condition that he not look back during their journey to the surface. When Orpheus could not hear Eurydice's footsteps behind him, he turned to check on her, only to see her return to her spirit form and be drawn back to the land of the dead -- the instant captured in this painting. Note the snake in Eurydice's hair -- a foretelling of her fate -- and the lyre with a broken string held by Orpheus. This painting is in a gold-toned wooden frame approx 43-1/4 inches square with an opening of about 37-1/2 inches square. The artist's name is in the lower right corner, but we cannot make it out. There are some chips in the edge of the frame, and there are two patches on the back of the canvas which may indicate there had been some restoration work performed at one time. See photos for condition and content details. Age is undetermined.

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