The Death of Orpheus

Inscriptions

Inscribed lower right: Henri Lévy

Publications

Dorothy M. Kosinski, "Orpheus in Nineteenth-Century Symbolism, Studies in the Fine Arts: The Avant-Garde" Ph.D., New York University, 1985 (Uni Research Press, Ann Arbor, 1989), p. 197, fig. 6.20.

Quick Overview

Artist: Henri Leopold Lévy (French, 1840–1904)
Date: c. 1870
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 46.5 × 55.8 cm (18 3/16 × 21 15/16 in.); Framed: 63.9 × 72.8 × 9.6 cm (25 1/8 × 28 5/8 × 3 3/4 in.)
Type: Painting
Classification: oil on canvas
Style: nineteenth century
Place: France
Department: Painting and Sculpture of Europe
Credit line: Harold T. Martin Trust
Accession no.: 1977.4

Provenance

Madame Duteil [according to label on reverse]. Purchased by Jacques Fischer, Paris, at the Marché aux Puces [see Patrice Marandel letter in curatorial file]. Galerie B. G. Verte, Paris by 1976; sold to the Art Institute, 1976.

Data retrieved from the Art Institute of Chicago on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.