5184B

Orpheus playing music to the animals

Artist: Villa Alta de San Ildefonso de Oaxaca Workshop
Title: Orpheus playing music to the animals
Date: 17th century
Medium: Lute-filled sgrafitto on inlaid wood (Marquetería, taracea, intarsia, o madera embutida con esgrafiados rellenos de pasta de zulaque). Decoration on a portable writing desk.
Location: Museo Arqueológico Nacional, Madrid, Spain.
Photo Source: Gutiérrez Usillos 2019, Fig. 2a.
Correspondence Credit: Gutiérrez Usillos 2019, 19.
Item: 5184B