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Birth (La Naissance)

Claude Gillot, Jean Audranca. 1718-1722

Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University

Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
Middletown, United States

  • Title: Birth (La Naissance)
  • Creator: Claude Gillot and Jean Audran
  • Date Created: ca. 1718-1722
  • Signatures / Inscriptions: Signed in plate, lower left: “C. Gillot Fecit” with full inscriptions
  • Set or Series Title: Life of the Satyrs
  • Print State: Third of three states
  • Object Type: Prints, works of art
  • Object Link: See this artwork on the Davison Art Center website
  • Object Credit Line: Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University. Friends of the Davison Art Center funds, 1988
  • Materials & Techniques: Etching and engraving on laid paper. Watermark: Indecipherable
  • Keywords: mythology, satyrs (Greek mythology)
  • Image Credit Line: Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/openaccess)
  • Edition: Published by Jean Audran, who finished the etched plates with engraving after the death of Gillot
  • Dimensions: Plate dimensions: 256 mm x 340 mm (10.08 in. x 13.39 in.). Sheet dimensions: 340 mm x 430 mm (13.39 in. x 16.93 in.).
  • Bibliography: Populus 5
  • Associated People: Created by Claude Gillot (French, 1673-1722), Created by Jean Audran (French, 1667-1756)
  • Accession Number: 1988.12.1
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University

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