RA Collection: People and Organisations
The wife of Orpheus, who tried to bring her back from the dead with his enchanting music.
Richard Westmacott the Younger RA
Sketch of a bas relief depicting Orpheus and Eurydice with Hermes, c. 1820 - 1826
Pen and ink over pencil on wove paper
Attributed to Michel Corneille l'Ancien
Orpheus and Eurydice, ca. 1590-95
Etching
Lord Leighton PRA
Squared up tracing for 'Orpheus and Eurydice', by ca. 1864
Pencil on tracing paper
George Frederic Watts RA
Drawings of male figures, including a study for 'Orpheus and Eurydice'
Red chalk on cream laid paper
Lord Leighton PRA
Half-length study of a female nude for the figure of Eurydice in 'The Triumph of Music'
Red chalk on brown/grey laid paper
George Frederic Watts RA
Figures studies of a male nude, possibly for 'Orpheus and Eurydice'
Black chalk on brown wove paper
From: Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli
Cast of three-figured relief depicting Hermes, Eurydice, and Orpheus
Plaster cast