Orpheus and the Bacchantes
by LAZZARINI, Gregorio, Oil on canvas
This interesting work by the teacher of Giambattista Tiepolo shows how the taste for paintings of mythological and literary subjects continued from the Renaissance into the luminous art of the eighteenth century.
Suggested listening (streaming mp3, 7 minutes):
Cristoph Willibald Gluck: Orfeo, Act I, Orpheus’ aria in G Major