Sargent himself had a strong connection with the city of Boston (examples of Sargent’s work can be seen in Boston Public Library and at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum) and that may explain why Coletti remained in the area and undertook this commission. The statue originally formed part of a fountain--you can still see the pipes for the fountain in the mouths of the fish if you look closely. The fountain was located in the foyer of Concordia Hall, a dormitory on South Campus for music majors who aspired to follow in Orpheus’ footsteps. When the fountain got dismantled, Orpheus got moved to North Campus where he sat outside of Alumni Hall for years; the New England weather took a toll, and the original gilt finish wore off. With the restoration of Coburn Hall in 2018, the statue returned to South Campus, was re-gilt, and placed inside the loggia for protection