# Orpheus Playing His Lyre

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## Artwork

- Artist: [GENNARI, Benedetto I](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/gennari-benedetto-i-rf372c09657c476>)
- Date: 1601-1650
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 123 x 140 cm

## Commentary

Orpheus Playing His Lyre - Oil on canvas, 123 x 140 cm Peoria Riverfront Museum, Peoria, Ill. The story of Orpheus and his love for Eurydice is recorded in Book X of the Metamorphoses by Ovid. The present painting represents the lonely, love struck Orpheus playing his lyre for the lost Eurydice. &lt;P&gt; &lt;table align=left cellpadding=5 border=1 width=320 bgcolor=&#34;\#99cccc&#34;&gt; &lt;tr valign=middle&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;/support/gif/listen.gif&#34; border=0 valign=middle&gt; Suggested listening \(streaming mp3, 7 minutes\):&lt;BR&gt;&lt;A HREF=&#34;\#&#34; onClick=&#34;w=window.open \(&#39;/music1/18\_cent/gluck\_orfeo.html&#39;, &#39;newWin&#39;, &#39;scrollbars=yes,status=no,dependent=yes,screenX=0,screenY=0,width=350,height=350&#39;\);w.opener=this;w.focus\(\);return true&#34;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Cristoph Willibald Gluck: Orfeo, Act I, Orpheus&#39; aria in G Major&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;

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