The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 20, 2024
Bacchanales: The Satyr's Dance
1763
(French, 1732–1806)
Sheet: 14.8 x 21.3 cm (5 13/16 x 8 3/8 in.); Image: 13.6 x 20.3 cm (5 3/8 x 8 in.)
Severance and Greta Millikin Trust 2012.64.4
Catalogue raisonné: Wildenstein 6
Location: not on view
Description
Fragonard created these charming etchings shortly after returning from Italy, where he encountered similar Roman antiquities. Satyrs and nymphs frolic in this suite of playfully erotic scenes, which he conceived as low-relief sculptures on stone fragments nestled in the foliage of country gardens. The abundant vegetation—as well as the satyr and human children—symbolizes the wild fecundity of nature.- Mr. and Mrs. R. Stanley Johnson, Chicago
- Elegance and Intrigue: French Society in 18th-century Prints and Drawings. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 16-November 6, 2016).Artists and Amateurs: Etching in Eighteenth Century France. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (organizer) (October 1, 2013-January 5, 2014).
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