# Orpheus Playing the Lyre to Hades and Persephone

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## Artwork

- Artist: [YKENS, Peter](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/ykens-peter-r5e0cff32b0d5f6>)
- Date: 1651-1700
- Technique: Tapestry, wool and silk, 299 x 328 cm

## Commentary

Orpheus Playing the Lyre to Hades and Persephone c. 1685 Tapestry, wool and silk, 299 x 328 cm Art Institute, Chicago The subject of the tapestry is taken from Ovid&#39;s Metamorphoses. It was woven at the Wauters workshop in Antwerp. The cartoon was designed by Pieter Spierinckx and Peter Ykens.

## Related artworks

- [A Lady Adorning a Sculpted Urn](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/ykens-peter-r5e0cff32b0d5f6/a-lady-adorning-a-sculpted-urn-rd0e82c53ae5e25>)
- [Architectural Capriccio](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/ykens-peter-r5e0cff32b0d5f6/architectural-capriccio-r9f5f85ecaf1f65>)

## Attribution

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