Orpheus Leading Eurydice from the Underworld

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Orpheus Leading Eurydice from the Underworld is a celebrated 19th-century painting by Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot depicting the mythological moment when Orpheus attempts to guide his wife Eurydice out of Hades.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf oil painting
painting
artHistoricalContext transition between Neoclassicism and Impressionism
artist Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot NERFINISHED
basedOn myth of Orpheus and Eurydice
collection Museum of Fine Arts, Houston NERFINISHED
colorPalette muted tones
subdued greens and browns
completionDate 1861
countryOfOrigin France
creator Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot NERFINISHED
depicts Eurydice NERFINISHED
Greek mythology
Hades NERFINISHED
Orpheus NERFINISHED
back view of Orpheus
dim, atmospheric lighting
ethereal figure of Eurydice
figures emerging from darkness
lyre
moment when Orpheus looks back at Eurydice
rocky landscape
transition between underworld and earthly realm
exhibitedAt Paris Salon NERFINISHED
genre mythological painting
hasArtisticStyle landscape with figures
poetic realism
hasPerspective diagonal recession into depth
hasTheme death
loss
love
music
mythology
the boundary between life and death
inception 1861
influencedBy Italian landscape tradition
classical mythology
languageOfTitle French
location Museum of Fine Arts, Houston NERFINISHED
materialUsed oil paint
movement Barbizon school NERFINISHED
Realism
notableWorkOf Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot NERFINISHED
originalLanguageTitle Orphée ramenant Eurydice des enfers NERFINISHED
period late career of Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot
significantIn 19th-century French painting
subjectHeading Orpheus leading Eurydice from the underworld NERFINISHED
support canvas

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Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot notableWork Orpheus Leading Eurydice from the Underworld