The Birth (La Naissance): in a forest, the new mother resting in a hammock at center, the newborn below her to left, various satyrs and goats surrounding, from 'The lives of satyrs' (La vie des satyres)

Jean Audran, Claude Gillotca. 1700–1720

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Title: The Birth (La Naissance): in a forest, the new mother resting in a hammock at center, the newborn below her to left, various satyrs and goats surrounding, from 'The lives of satyrs' (La vie des satyres)
Creator: Claude Gillot|Jean Audran
Date Created: ca. 1700–1720
Physical Dimensions: sheet: 10 3/8 x 13 11/16 in. (26.4 x 34.8 cm) plate: 10 1/16 x 13 3/8 in. (25.6 x 34 cm)
Type: Print
External Link: http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/397438
Medium: Etching
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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