Lucien Coudray - 'Orphée Avec Sa Lyre' Music Medallion

A fine silvered bronze medallion depicting Orpheus with his lyre about to enter the underworld to retrieve his wife Eurydice - a scene from the Greek myth "Orpheus and Eurydice'. The reverse depicting Cupid among various attributes of music. Blank reserve.

French, circa 1920.

• After the death of his beloved wife Eurydice, Orpheus decided to go to Underworld and try to get his wife back. Apollo, his father, would talk to Hades, the god of the Underworld, to accept him and hear his plea.Armed with his weapons, the lyre and voice, Orpheus approached Hades and demanded entry into the underworld. He played his lyre and sang out to King Hades and Queen Persephone that Eurydice be returned to him. Hades openly wept, Persephone's heart melted and Cerberus, the gigantic three-headed hound guarding the entry to the underworld, covered his many ears with his paws and howled in despair. The voice of Orpheus was so moving that Hades promised Orpheus that Eurydice would follow him to the Upper World, the world of the living. However, he warned Orpheus that for no reason must he look back while his wife was still in the dark, for that would undo everything he hoped for.

CONDITION: Good Antique Condition. Minor dings.

DIMENSIONS: 68mm

AVAILABILITY: In stock

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