Orpheus in the underworld: the Element Vuur, Abraham van den Hecken, c. 1620 - 1655 print Orpheus with his winch for Pluto and his wife Prosperina in the Hades, with the Tartarus in the background with Sisyphus with a rock and Ixion on a burning wheel, as an allegory on the element of fire. On the right watering with burning torches. Presentation in an oval. Print from a series of four. Low Countries paper etching / engraving fire (one of the four elements). Hades, the Underworld. Tartarus (and the condemned assigned there). Sisyphus pushing his boulder uphill or carrying it on his shoulders.
Orpheus in the underworld: the Element Vuur, Abraham van den Hecken, c. 1620 - 1655 print Orpheus with his winch for Pluto and his wife Prosperina in the Hades, with the Tartarus in the background with Sisyphus with a rock and Ixion on a burning wheel, as an allegory on the element of fire. On the right watering with burning torches. Presentation in an oval. Print from a series of four. Low Countries paper etching / engraving fire (one of the four elements). Hades, the Underworld. Tartarus (and the condemned assigned there). Sisyphus pushing his boulder uphill or carrying it on his shoulders. Ixion on a burning wheel. Orpheus playing the lyre. Orpheus descending into Hades with his lyre in his hand
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