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Orpheus, Eurydice and Aristaeus

Orpheus, Eurydice and Aristaeus

Jacopo del Sellaio (in 1475 - 1480)

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  • robin asked

    Hello,
    my question was what is the value of this painting? in terms of the formal analysis.

  • Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen answered

    Dear Robin, the formal analysis is closely related to the composition that you must have described earlier. You need to talk about the painting in terms of shapes, lines and colors instead of focusing directly on the image and the storytelling. Good luck and kind regards, Els

  • robin asked

    Hello, my questions was, what is the composition of this painting?

  • Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen answered

    Dear Robin, Thank you for your question. To know the composition of this painting, you need to describe what you see in your own words, preferably with a focus on the abstract quality of the image. So you start about the rectangular imagegin a horizontal format on which, from left to right, a certain amount of human figures are placed against the background of a landscape. Etcetera. Good luck and kind regards, Els

  • Alex asked

    what are the creatures that are carrying the body into the cave on the far right of the painting?

  • Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen answered

    Dear Alex, Thank you for your question. In the accompanying text you can read that it concerns two demons. These are depicted as figures with the legs of birds and horns on their heads. I hope this answers your question. Kind Regards, Sofie

  • Marnix Eyckmans asked

    What is the style of the painting? Orpheus, Eyridice en Aristaius van Jacopo del Sellaio

  • Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen answered

    Hi Marnix, The work is part of the Florentine Renaissance. Jacopo del Sellaio, like Botticelli, was a pupil of Fra Filippo Lippi. I hope this answers your question Kind regards, Sofie

  • Emily E Bryant asked

    What medium is being used in this painting?

  • Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen answered

    Dear Emily,
    I'm not sure if this is what you meant, but it is made with Oil on panel. You can find this information underneath the painting by clicking the 'show all details' button. Let me know if you meant something else! Kind regards, Sofie

  • Timmy asked

    Hi! I would like to know more about tapestry of the painting is it just oil on wood or is there more to it?

  • Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen answered

    Dear Timmy, Thank you for your question. Originally the panel on which the image is painted was the front of a 'cassone', a chest in which clothing and linen were kept. These chests were often given in pairs at weddings, which explains the painting's a romantic image of love reaching beyond death. I hope this is helpful. All best, Els

  • Ashley asked

    Hello! I'm trying to settle a debate here with my dad. To the right, is that a river, preferably the river Orpheus traveled on saving the Argonauts from the siren's music? Also, are those sirens (serpents) in that body of water?

  • Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen answered

    Hi Ashley, this sounds like a fun debate! Unfortunately this is not the river that Orpheus traveled to save the Argonauts. There are also no serpents in the water, but there is one, below in the middle of the painting. Eurydice is being bitten by the snake there. Hopefully you won the debate! Greetings, Sarie.

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On the left of Sellaio's painting, we see how Orpheus receives the news of Eurydice's death. Centrally in the foreground, Eurydice, who is fleeing from Aristaios, is being bitten by the snake. At the far right of the painting, she is taken off to the underworld by two demons. These are depicted as figures with the legs of birds and horns on their heads.

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Specifications

Title Orpheus, Eurydice and Aristaeus
Material and technique Oil on panel
Object type
Cassone painting > Painting > Two-dimensional object > Art object
Location This object is in storage
Dimensions Width 175 cm
Height 60 cm
Artists Painter: Jacopo del Sellaio
Accession number 2563 (OK)
Credits Acquired with the collection of D.G. Van Beuningen, 1958
Department Old Masters
Acquisition date 1958
Creation date in 1475 - 1480
Collector Collector / D.G. van Beuningen
Internal exhibitions The Collection Enriched (2011)
Alles kids (2016)
De collectie als tijdmachine (2017)
External exhibitions Pittura da Camera (2010)
Dieric Bouts. Tussen Hemel en Aarde (2023)
Material
Object
Geographical origin Italy > Southern Europe > Europe

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Jacopo del Sellaio

Florence 1441/1442 - Florence 1493

Little is known about the life of Jacopo del Sellaio, son of a saddle maker (sellaio), but from Giorgio Vasari's 'Lives' (1550) we know that he was a pupil of...

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