# Orpheus and the Beasts [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [VRANCX, Sebastian]() - Date: 1601-1650 - Technique: Oil on panel, 55 x 69 cm ## Commentary The subject of this painting was very popular with collectors because of its musical references. The subject of Orpheus also gave the artists, who were generally from across the Alps, the opportunity to paint animals crowded around the mythical singer. You can view <A onclick="return OpenOther\('/cgi-bin/search.cgi?author=&title=&comment=orpheus+AND+animal&time=any&school=any&form=any&type=any&location=&header=0&other=0&caption=Depictions+of+Orpheus+taming+the+animals'\)" HREF="/cgi-bin/search.cgi?author=&title=&comment=orpheus+AND+animal&time=any&school=any&form=any&type=any&location=&header=0&other=0&caption=Depictions+of+Orpheus+taming+the+animals">other depictions</A> of Orpheus taming the animals. <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 - [Allegory of Autumn]() - [Allegory of Winter]() - [Ambush]() - [Attack of Robbers]() - [Autumn, Market Scene in the Heart of a Village]() - [Harvest]() - [January \(detail\)]() - [January]() - [Landscape with a Convoy]() - [Landscape with a Deer Hunt]() - [Landscape with Figures Duck Flighting]() - [Landscape with Horsemen at Rest]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()