Seated man playing a lyre, with various animals and birds seated and perched on branches around him; inscriptions at top and bottom; mounted to ivory sheet with grey and gold borders

Orpheus Charming the Beasts, 16th century

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Details
Title
Orpheus Charming the Beasts
Artist Life
1513 - 1583
Role
Artist
Accession Number
2003.154
Provenance
Unidentified collection (L 474, formerly thought to be the mark of P. Crozat); Private Collection, New Zealand (Sale, Christie's, London, July 4, 1972, lot 67 [group lot], to Baskett and Day, 420 gns); [Baskett and Day, London, since 1972]; [Jean-Luc Baroni, London, in 1980, sold to Moir]; Prof. Alfred Moir, Santa Barbara, CA, 1980-2003, gave to MIA
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Seated man playing a lyre, with various animals and birds seated and perched on branches around him; inscriptions at top and bottom; mounted to ivory sheet with grey and gold borders