The Feast of the Faun
Claude Gillot
n.d.
Medium
Etching, fifth state
Dimensions
sheet: 11 5/16 x 16 3/4 in. (28.8 x 42.6 cm) image: 8 5/16 x 14 in. (21.1 x 35.6 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1977
Accession Number
1977.588.4
Tags
Musical InstrumentsFemale NudesFauns
About the Artist
Claude Gillot · 1673–1722
Artist known for his elegant designs done in the Rococo manner of Audran; also for his predilection for scenes from the 'comedia dell'arte.' Few paintings survive; his work is known mainly through drawings and etchings. Comment on works: Genre; History