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Satyr Approaching a Sleeping Nymph, ca. 1594 - 1597

  • burin engraving, paper
  • 151 x 102 mm
  • Inv. 2013-EJ

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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.

Artist

Anonymous Master
engravers (printmakers)AAT

Agostino Carracci RKD
Bologna 1557 - Parma (?) 1602
after

Donato Rasciotti
Brescia 1572 - 1618
publisherAAT

Title Satyr Approaching a Sleeping Nymph
Date ca. 1594 - 1597
Period 16th century
Medium and support burin engraving AAT
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings inscription on the reverse: S
stamps (tools) on the reverse: Stad Gent / Museum voor Schone Kunsten
inscription on the reverse: 2
inscription on the reverse: 2
Collection print room
Object type burin engraving AAT
reproductive prints AAT
Inventory number 2013-EJ
Acquisition credit unknown
Current whereabouts Work currently not on display
Permalink https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2013-EJ
IIIF Manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/6618/manifest.json
Art & Architecture Thesaurus 300417629 mythologies (religious concept) AAT
300015636 landscapes AAT
300189808 figures (representations) AAT
Keywords Iconclass 31A72 female sex; woman Iconclass
31AA the (nude) human figure; 'Corpo humano' (Ripa) - AA - female human figure Iconclass
31B1 sleeping; unconsciousness Iconclass
31B13 sleeping on the ground Iconclass
48(+431) art (+ copy, copying ~ work of art) Iconclass
92 gods ~ classical mythology Iconclass
92L3 nymphs (in general); 'Ninfe in commune' (Ripa) Iconclass
92L4 satyrs, fauns, Sileni Iconclass
92L41 satyr(s) (in general) Iconclass
School / Style Renaissance AAT
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