5204B

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 the external face of the front board of portable desk (escritorio portátil). Curiel 2019, II, Escritorio núm. 20.
Location: Unidentified collection
Photo Source: Curiel et al. 2011, 72.
Correspondence Credit: Rubem Amaral Jr.
Item: 5204B