id: 112103 accession number: 1930.579 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1930.579 updated: 2022-07-22 09:00:25.047000 Orpheus Charming the Animals, c. 1505. Marcantonio Raimondi (Italian, 1470/82-1527/34). Engraving; plate: 21.4 x 17.3 cm (8 7/16 x 6 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund 1930.579 title: Orpheus Charming the Animals title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1505 creation date earliest: 1500 creation date latest: 1510 current location: creditline: Dudley P. Allen Fund copyright: --- culture: Italy, 16th century technique: engraving department: Prints collection: PR - Engraving type: Print find spot: catalogue raisonne: Delaborde 175.131 ; Bartsch XIV 236.314 ; Passavant VI.30.191 --- CREATORS * Marcantonio Raimondi (Italian, 1470/82-1527/34) - artist --- measurements: Plate: 21.4 x 17.3 cm (8 7/16 x 6 13/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Prints 1400-1800 opening date: 1956-12-18T05:00:00 Prints 1400-1800. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (December 18, 1956-January 10, 1957); The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL (February 1-March 3, 1957); Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN (November 1-December 1, 1957). title: Department of Prints and Drawings Opening Exhibition opening date: 1958-03-03T05:00:00 Department of Prints and Drawings Opening Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (March 3, 1958-October 11, 1959). title: Youthful Works by Great Artists opening date: 1963-03-10T05:00:00 Youthful Works by Great Artists. Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (organizer) (March 10-30, 1963). title: Prints and Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art Collection opening date: 1965-05-06T04:00:00 Prints and Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 6-September 9, 1965). title: Eight Masters of the Print opening date: 1980-10-14T04:00:00 Eight Masters of the Print. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (October 14, 1980-January 18, 1981). title: Real Prints: Reproduction or Invention opening date: 1986-12-16T05:00:00 Real Prints: Reproduction or Invention. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 16, 1986-May 17, 1987). title: Themes and Variations: Musical Drawings and Prints opening date: 2015-01-25T00:00:00 Themes and Variations: Musical Drawings and Prints. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 25-May 17, 2015). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: In Greek mythology, Orpheus was a singer and poet. He was given a lyre by Apollo, the god of music, and was taught to play by the Muses. His songs, melodiously accompanied by his instrument, were so beautiful that they pacified wild animals, calmed the seas, and animated trees and rocks. Here, a subdued bear is depicted in close proximity to a dog, and stones have gathered at the musician’s feet. The instrument depicted here is a lira da braccio, an instrument played by Leonardo da Vinci at the time when this engraving was made. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 624 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n116 Lexa, Olivier. Léonard de Vinci: l'Invention de l'Opéra. Paris : Les éditions du Cerf, 2019. page number: Reproduced: Pl. 13, fig. 25; Mentioned: P. 337, no. 25 url: Vasari, Giorgio, Martin Kemp, and Lucy Emma Victoria Russell. The Life of Leonardo Da Vinci. 2019, 37. page number: Mentioned: p. 123; reproduced: p. 37, fig. 9. url: Henry, Chriscinda. Playful Pictures: Art, Leisure, and Entertainment in the Venetian Renaissance Home. 2021, 74. page number: Mentioned: p. 72; reproduced: p. 74, fig. 24. url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1930.579/1930.579_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1930.579/1930.579_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1930.579/1930.579_full.tif