Lamentation d'Orphée

Alexandre Séon (1855-1917) - Lamentation d'Orphée (Vers 1896)
Huile sur bois / H. 73 ; L. 116 cm

 

Orpheus, the poet and musician of Greek legends, could charm gods, humans and animals with his singing. Inconsolable after the death of his wife Eurydice, he persuaded the gods of the Underworld to give her up, but they set one condition: he must not look at her before they left the Underworld. Orpheus could not resist Eurydice's appeal and turned round, only to see her disappear forever. The hu...