Orpheus Leading Eurydice from the Underworld

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Orpheus Leading Eurydice from the Underworld is a celebrated 19th-century painting by Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot depicting the mythological moment when Orpheus attempts to guide his wife Eurydice out of Hades.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf oil painting ⓘ
painting ⓘ
artHistoricalContext transition between Neoclassicism and Impressionism ⓘ
artist Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot ⓘ
basedOn myth of Orpheus and Eurydice ⓘ
collection Museum of Fine Arts, Houston ⓘ
colorPalette muted tones ⓘ
subdued greens and browns ⓘ
completionDate 1861 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
creator Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot ⓘ
depicts Eurydice ⓘ
Greek mythology ⓘ
Hades ⓘ
Orpheus ⓘ
back view of Orpheus ⓘ
dim, atmospheric lighting ⓘ
ethereal figure of Eurydice ⓘ
figures emerging from darkness ⓘ
lyre ⓘ
moment when Orpheus looks back at Eurydice ⓘ
rocky landscape ⓘ
transition between underworld and earthly realm ⓘ
exhibitedAt Paris Salon ⓘ
genre mythological painting ⓘ
hasArtisticStyle landscape with figures ⓘ
poetic realism ⓘ
hasPerspective diagonal recession into depth ⓘ
hasTheme death ⓘ
loss ⓘ
love ⓘ
music ⓘ
mythology ⓘ
the boundary between life and death ⓘ
inception 1861 ⓘ
influencedBy Italian landscape tradition ⓘ
classical mythology ⓘ
languageOfTitle French ⓘ
location Museum of Fine Arts, Houston ⓘ
materialUsed oil paint ⓘ
movement Barbizon school ⓘ
Realism ⓘ
notableWorkOf Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot ⓘ
originalLanguageTitle Orphée ramenant Eurydice des enfers ⓘ
period late career of Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot ⓘ
significantIn 19th-century French painting ⓘ
subjectHeading Orpheus leading Eurydice from the underworld ⓘ
support canvas ⓘ

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Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot → notableWork → Orpheus Leading Eurydice from the Underworld ⓘ
Orpheus Leading Eurydice from the Underworld → originalLanguageTitle → Orphée ramenant Eurydice des enfers ⓘ
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Orpheus Leading Eurydice from the Underworld → subjectHeading → Orpheus leading Eurydice from the underworld ⓘ
linked to: Orpheus Leading Eurydice from the Underworld