Satyr Approaching a Sleeping Nymph

Public Domain

Artist(s) / maker(s)

Donato Rasciotti (publisher)
,
Anonieme meester (engravers (printmakers))
,
Agostino Carracci (after)

Date

ca. 1594 - 1597

Period

16th century

Collection

Museum of Fine Arts Ghent
A satyr stalking a sleeping nymph was a popular erotic motif in the Italian Renaissance. The source of inspiration was the discovery in 1512 of a marble statue from antiquity, which was placed in the garden of the Vatican. Mirrored print after the original by Agostino Carracci.

More about this work

Features
Artist(s) / maker(s) Donato Rasciotti , Anonieme meester , Agostino Carracci VIAF RKD Wikidata
Types burin engraving , reproductive prints AAT
Category prints (visual works) AAT
Material paper
Dimensions 151 x 102 mm
Location Work currently not on display
Object number 2013-EJ
Description
Subjects mythologies (religious concept) , landscapes , figures (representations)
Tags satyrs, fauns, Sileni Iconclass, satyr(s) (in general) Iconclass, nymphs (in general); 'Ninfe in commune' (Ripa) Iconclass, female sex; woman Iconclass, sleeping on the ground Iconclass, sleeping; unconsciousness Iconclass, the (nude) human figure; 'Corpo humano' (Ripa) - AA - female human figure Iconclass, art (+ copy, copying ~ work of art) Iconclass, gods ~ classical mythology Iconclass
Linked open data
Data PURL https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2013-EJ
IIIF manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/6618/manifest.json
LIDO XML https://datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be/oai?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_lido&identifier=oai:datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be:mskgent.be:2013-EJ
Vlaamse Kunstcollectie - EN

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