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VRANCX, Sebastian
(b. 1573, Antwerpen, d. 1647, Antwerpen)
Orpheus and the Beasts
c. 1595
Oil on panel, 55 x 69 cm
Galleria Borghese, Rome
The subject of this painting was very popular with collectors because of its musical references. The subject of Orpheus also gave the artists, who were generally from across the Alps, the opportunity to paint animals crowded around the mythical singer.
You can view <A onclick="return OpenOther('http://www.wga.hu/cgi-bin/search.cgi?author=&title=&comment=orpheus+AND+animal&time=any&school=any&form=any&type=any&location=&header=0&other=0&caption=Depictions+of+Orpheus+taming+the+animals')" HREF="http://www.wga.hu/cgi-bin/search.cgi?author=&title=&comment=orpheus+AND+animal&time=any&school=any&form=any&type=any&location=&header=0&other=0&caption=Depictions+of+Orpheus+taming+the+animals">other depictions</A> of Orpheus taming the animals.
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Suggested listening (streaming mp3, 7 minutes):<BR><A HREF="#" onClick="w=window.open ('/music1/18_cent/gluck_orfeo.html', 'newWin', 'scrollbars=yes,status=no,dependent=yes,screenX=0,screenY=0,width=350,height=350');w.opener=this;w.focus();return true"><B>Cristoph Willibald Gluck: Orfeo, Act I, Orpheus' aria in G Major</B></A>
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Author: VRANCX, Sebastian
Title: Orpheus and the Beasts
Time-line: 1601-1650
School: Flemish
Form: painting
Type: mythological