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Jean Restout (26th Mar, 1692 - 1st Jan, 1768)

Orphée descendu aux Enfers pour demander Eurydice ou la Musique

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Photo (C) RMN-Grand Palais (musée du Louvre) / Gérard Blot

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mythological scene

Orpheus (mythology)

Eurydice (Agriope)

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About the artwork

Title:

Orphée descendu aux Enfers pour demander Eurydice ou la Musique

Periods:

XVIIIth century

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Dimensions:

6550 x 5750

Inventory number:

INV7451

Location:

musée du Louvre

About the author(s)

Author:

Also known as:

Jean Restout II

Jean Restout the Younger

Jean, II Restout

Jean, the younger Restout

Jean, II Retout

Born:

26th Mar, 1692

Dead:

1st Jan, 1768

Country:

France

See more about this author on Wikipedia:

Jean II Restout (26 March 1692 – 1 January 1768) was a French painter, whose late baroque classicism rendered his altarpieces, such as the Death of Saint Scholastica an "isolated achievement" that ran counter to his rococo contemporaries. Read more...