“The Death of Eurydice” is part of a group of small mythological compositions of a horizontal format, apparently designed to decorate wedding chests – a cassone. These compositions, performed by various artists, are marked by a well-known stylistic unity: the main one is an idyllic or fantastic landscape, while human figures are more likely to be of an off-shoot character.
The closeness of this group to the studio of Giorgione, whose name is associated with individual compositions, is obvious. “The Death of Eurydice,” which most modern specialists attribute to Titian, can be dated by the time of Titian’s work in Giorgione’s studio.
Some of the motifs of the landscape background, including the silhouette of the bell tower, are repeated – in “Earthly and Heavenly Love” and other early compositions by Titian