Orpheus Charming the Nymphs, Dryads, and Animals

Data retrieved from the Metropolitan Museum of Art on October 9, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.

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Artist: Charles Joseph Natoire (French, Nîmes 1700–1777 Castel Gandolfo)
Date: 1757
Medium: Pen and brown ink, brown and gray wash, pale blue, yellow, and pink watercolor and white heightening over preliminary drawing in pencil and black chalk.
Dimensions: 32 3/16 x 16 3/4 in. (81.8 x 42.5 cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Robert Lehman Collection
Credit line: Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
Accession no.: 1975.1.676

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