Satyr playing a pipe beside a putti holding a mask, surrounded by putti climbing over a low wall and dancing with musical instruments
1640–93
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 3 3/16 × 4 7/8 in. (8.1 × 12.4 cm) Plate: 2 15/16 × 4 3/4 in. (7.5 × 12 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
Accession Number
2012.136.750
Tags
Art Historical Context
In this lively etching, *Satyr playing a pipe beside putti holding a mask surrounded by putti climbing a low wall and dancing with musical instruments*, German artist Jonas Umbach captures a whimsical mythological scene from the mid-to-late 17th (ca. 1640–93). A mischievous satyr pipes away beside a cherubic putto clutching a theatrical mask, while frolicking putti—those plump, playful infant figures emblematic of Baroque art—scramble over a low wall and twirl with flutes and other instruments. Published in collaboration with Jeremias Wolff, the print measures a compact 3 3/16 × 4 7/8 inches, ...
About the Artist
Jonas Umbach|Jeremias Wolff · 1624–1693
Comment on works: Landscapes; History; Kitchen interiors; Birds