Orpheus and Eurydice ca. 1590-95 Agostino Carracci Italian Unable to keep his promise not to look back until they reached the light of day, Orpheus lost Eurydice a second time. Agostino depicts the dramatic moment when Orpheus, throwing aside his instrument, tries to pull his love free of the flames of Hades. Ovid describes Orpheus vainly reaching out for her, grasping nothing but empty air (Metamorphoses 10.58-59), and Virgil, in the Georgics (4.498), writes of Eurydice stretching 'strengthless hands' toward Orpheus. Close examination reveals that the two figures do not quite touch each otherthis elusive grasp adds erotic tension as well as pathos to the subject.Although this is a legitimate mythological subject, with considerable narrative interest, it is generally thought to belong to the set of fifteen small engravings characterized by suggestive subjectsranging from groupings of attractive nudes to genuinely lewd depictionsand known as the Lascivie. This series of engravings, o

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Orpheus and Eurydice ca. 1590-95 Agostino Carracci Italian Unable to keep his promise not to look back until they reached the light of day, Orpheus lost Eurydice a second time. Agostino depicts the dramatic moment when Orpheus, throwing aside his instrument, tries to pull his love free of the flames of Hades. Ovid describes Orpheus vainly reaching out for her, grasping nothing but empty air (Metamorphoses 10.58-59), and Virgil, in the Georgics (4.498), writes of Eurydice stretching 'strengthless hands' toward Orpheus. Close examination reveals that the two figures do not quite touch each otherthis elusive grasp adds erotic tension as well as pathos to the subject.Although this is a legitimate mythological subject, with considerable narrative interest, it is generally thought to belong to the set of fifteen small engravings characterized by suggestive subjectsranging from groupings of attractive nudes to genuinely lewd depictionsand known as the Lascivie. This series of engravings, o

SuperStock offers millions of photos, videos, and stock assets to creatives around the world. This image of Orpheus and Eurydice ca. 1590-95 Agostino Carracci Italian Unable to keep his promise not to look back until they reached the light of day, Orpheus lost Eurydice a second time. Agostino depicts the dramatic moment when Orpheus, throwing aside his instrument, tries to pull his love free of the flames of Hades. Ovid describes Orpheus vainly reaching out for her, grasping nothing but empty air (Metamorphoses 10.58-59), and Virgil, in the Georgics (4.498), writes of Eurydice stretching 'strengthless hands' toward Orpheus. Close examination reveals that the two figures do not quite touch each otherthis elusive grasp adds erotic tension as well as pathos to the subject.Although this is a legitimate mythological subject, with considerable narrative interest, it is generally thought to belong to the set of fifteen small engravings characterized by suggestive subjectsranging from groupings of attractive nudes to genuinely lewd depictionsand known as the Lascivie. This series of engravings, o by Piemags/PL Photography Limited is available for licensing today.

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