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Orpheus Returning from the Underworld

Tobias Verhaecht, 1778–1831

This painting was part of a collection of 90 works bequeathed to 4 museums in the UK and 2 museums in New Zealand by the late Sir Leonard Woolley through the Art Fund in 1961.

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Title of artwork, date

Orpheus Returning from the Underworld, 1778–1831

Date supported

1961

Medium and material

Oil on panel

Dimensions

40.6 x 30.2 cm

Gifted by

Sir Charles Leonard Woolley

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