5185B

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 (El Escritorio del Rey Salomón).
Location: Private Collection.
Photo Source: Curiel et al. 2011, 32-33.
Correspondence Credit: Almerindo Ojeda.
Item: 5185B