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Death of Orpheus
Albrecht Durer
1494
Pen drawing, 28.9 x 22.5 cm
Hamburg, Kunsthalle
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| | | | This drawing is made after Mantegna's lost engraving. It represents Orpheus' murder committed by Thracian women, because he was the first that introduced homosexuality among Thracian men. Durer marked his "crime" in banderole, where he wrote: "Orfeus der erst puseran" (Orpheus, the first pederast). |
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