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Bacchanales: Nymph Astride a Satyr
Jean-Honoré Fragonard1763
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
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.
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- Title: Bacchanales: Nymph Astride a Satyr
- Creator: Jean-Honoré Fragonard (French, 1732-1806)
- Date Created: 1763
- Physical Dimensions: Sheet: 15.8 x 22.3 cm (6 1/4 x 8 3/4 in.); Platemark: 14.9 x 21.2 cm (5 7/8 x 8 3/8 in.)
- Provenance: Mr. and Mrs. R. Stanley Johnson, Chicago
- Type: Print
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/2012.64.3
- Medium: etching
- State of work: I/II
- Department: Prints
- Culture: France, 18th century
- Credit Line: Severance and Greta Millikin Trust
- Collection: PR - Etching
- Accession Number: 2012.64.3
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