Orpheus Charming the Animals, by Antonio Tempesta

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Orpheus Charming the Animals. Tempesta, Antonio. Etching, circa 1580-1630.

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Accession Number: AD.1.18-156
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 791 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.6 (Macintosh)
Filesize: 356.90kB
Exposure time: 1/15
ISO Speed: 50
Captured: 2012:08:06 16:31:25

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16th Century 17th Century 458392 Antonio Tempesta Artistic Movement Baroque Date Department Fitz_PDP Italian Medium Nationalities Object Type Orpheus Other Keywords People Workflow _WF_AdOK _WF_OPACtd _WF_PCtd animals birds etching music musician mythological mythology ostrich print unicorn Artist/Maker

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