A satyr discovering the sleeping Venus, with Cupid lying at her side
Medium
Etching and engraving
Dimensions
Image: 18 1/4 in. × 13 in. (46.3 × 33 cm) Sheet (Trimmed): 21 7/8 × 14 7/8 in. (55.6 × 37.8 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1947
Accession Number
47.100.1018
Art Historical Context
In the sultry glow of Renaissance fantasy, *A Satyr Discovering the Sleeping Venus with Cupid Lying at Side* captures a mythical moment of voyeuristic delight. This exquisite 1801 etching and engraving by French printmakers Pierre Audouin andoz faithfully reproduces a composition by the celebrated Italian artist Antonio Allegri da Corgio (c. 1489–1534), a master of Mannerism known for his soft, luminous and sensual mythological scenes. Correggio's original draws from classical antiquity, blending eroticism with tender vulnerability as the satyr stumbles upon the reclining goddess of love and h...
About the Artist
Pierre Audouin|Ramboz|Correggio (Antonio Allegri) (French| |Italian) · 1768 |1750 |1514 –1822 |1880 |1534
French, Paris 1768–1822 Paris|French, active Paris, 1793–1830|Italian, Correggio, active by 1514–died 1534 Correggio