# Orpheus Charming the Animals [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [FRANCAVILLA, Pietro]() - Date: 1551-1600 - Technique: Marble, height 250 cm ## Commentary This marble statue was made in Florence in 1598 and placed in Jérôme de Gondi's garden in Paris, accompanied by bronze figures of animals. It was later installed in the gardens at Versailles. Orpheus charms the animals with the sound of his lyre, with Cerberus, the three-headed dog who guarded the entrance to the underworld, at his side. <p> <table align=left cellpadding=5 border=1 width=320 bgcolor="\#99cccc"> <tr valign=middle><td><img src="/support/gif/listen.gif" border=0 valign=middle> Suggested listening \(streaming mp3, 7 minutes\):<br><a href="\#" onClick="w=window.open \('/music1/18\_cent/gluck\_orfeo.html', 'newWin', 'scrollbars=yes,status=no,dependent=yes,screenX=0,screenY=0,width=350,height=350'\);w.opener=this;w.focus\(\);return true"><b>Cristoph Willibald Gluck: Orfeo, Act I, Orpheus' aria in G Major</b></a> </td></tr></table> ## Related artworks - [Apollo]() - [Chastity]() - [David Vanquishing Goliath]() - [Ferdinando I de' Medici]() - [Four Slaves \(detail\)]() - [Four Slaves \(detail\)]() - [Innocence]() - [Janus]() - [Janus]() - [Jason]() - [Jupiter]() - [Orpheus Charming the Animals \(detail\)]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()