Object number2023.6
Feste de Faune, Dieu des Foresta
Portfolio/Seriesfrom the series Les Bacchanales, or, Les Quatres Festes
Dateafter 1728
Artist
Claude Gillot
(French, 1673 - 1722)
Publisher
Pierre Rochefort
(French, 1673 - 1740)
CultureFrench
MediumEtching, trimmed
DimensionsImage: 6 3/4 x 14 1/8 in. (17.1 x 35.9 cm)
Sheet: 7 1/2 x 14 1/4 in. (19 x 36.2 cm)
Sheet: 7 1/2 x 14 1/4 in. (19 x 36.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of James A. Bergquist in honor of Miriam Cooper Reddicliffe, class of 1971
On View
Not on viewPeriod18th c
Classification(s)
SignedOn recto, printed lower left margin: C. Gillot
InscribedOn recto, printed lower right margin: A Paris chez P. de Rochefort graveur riie St Jacques au Palmier.; lower center margin: Feste de FAUNE, Dieu des Foresta; lower left margin: Inventé peint et gravé par [signature]
Catalogue raisonnéPopulus 1930 / Claude Gillot, catalogue de l'oeuvre gravé (3.III)DescriptionComposed of thin, short black lines is a scene of satyres and nymphs celebrating in nature on a tiered architectural base with a sculpted Faunus at the top center. The figures are draped with cloth are play musical instruments as they intertwine with one another.
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