Description
Claude Gillot’s four-etching series of riotous woodland bacchanals celebrates Bacchus, Pan, fauns, and the nymph Diana (see 1969.279–80 and 1969.282). As stylistic precursors to the French Rococo with a deep interest in theater, Gillot’s prints are satirical and revolve around ancient sculpture.
Feste de Faune (The feast of the faun from, Bacchannales or the Quatres Festes)
c.1693-1722
Accession Number
31679
Medium
Etching on cream laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 17.2 × 35.8 cm (6 13/16 × 14 1/8 in.); Plate: 22 × 37.3 cm (8 11/16 × 14 11/16 in.); Sheet: 30.5 × 46.3 cm (12 1/16 × 18 1/4 in.)
Classification
etching
Credit Line
Potter Palmer Collection Fund
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