top of page
Camilla Tassi
Orfeo - Paintings & Visual Inspiration.
Click each painting to enlarge.
Act I
Jalabert, F. Nymphs Listening to Orph,1853
Poussin.Landscape_with_Orph_and_Eury_1650
Lorrain, C. Landscape with Nymph, Satyr Dancing,1641
Styka, T. Orpheus plays lyre to animals, 1908
Rivière,_Briton.Orpheus_plays_lyre_to_animals_1874
Act II
Act III
3. Jose Benlliure y Gil (1855-1937), _La Barca de Caronte
4. Litovchenko.Charon_carries_souls_across_the_river_styx
2. Charon the Ferryman (artist_)
Orpheus - Pierre Amedee Marcel-Beronneau
1. Michelangelo.Caronte e la barca
Act IV
Corot.Orpheus leading Euri from Hades.1861
Kasparides, Orpheus and Eury, 1896
Kasparides, Orpheus and Euri, 1896
Poynter, Orph leading Euri from Hades
Act V
1. Orpheus door de Bacchanten verscheurd (artist_)
4. Poussin.Bacchanal_before_a_statue_of_pan
7. Levy, E. Death of Orpheus, 1866
6. William Etty, A Bacchante.high res
3._Lens,_Cornelis_-Tanz_der_Mänaden_(Dance_of_the_Maenad)
2. Orpheus killed by the Baccante (fresco - artist_)
5. John_R_Weguelin – A Bacchante
Extras - 1/5th of the photos I took this summer at the Palazzo Ducale (Mantova), maybe prelude/inspiration. Most worn out from the room Orfeo was premiered.
IMG_6228
top_sequence
IMG_6390
IMG_6482
Orfeo_playing_ceiling_detail
IMG_6392
IMG_6360
IMG_6456
IMG_6510
IMG_6229
IMG_6297
IMG_6304
IMG_6343
IMG_6216
bottom of page