Description
Claude Gillot’s four-etching series of riotous woodland bacchanals celebrates Bacchus, Pan, fauns, and the nymph Diana (see 1969.280–82). As stylistic precursors to the French Rococo with a deep interest in theater, Gillot’s prints are satirical and revolve around ancient sculpture.
Accession Number
31673
Medium
Etching on cream laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 17.4 × 35.9 cm (6 7/8 × 14 3/16 in.); Plate: 22.2 × 37.4 cm (8 3/4 × 14 3/4 in.); Sheet: 31.5 × 46.4 cm (12 7/16 × 18 5/16 in.)
Classification
etching
Credit Line
Potter Palmer Collection Fund
