The Marriage (Le Mariage): in a forest, an old satyr marries the betrothed in center, musicians to right, old satyrs with canes to the left, a couple consulting an old philosopher to left in the foreground, from 'The lives of satyrs' (La vie des satyres)

The Marriage (Le Mariage): in a forest, an old satyr marries the betrothed in center, musicians to right, old satyrs with canes to the left, a couple consulting an old philosopher to left in the foreground, from 'The lives of satyrs' (La vie des satyres) by Claude Gillot|Jean Audran

Medium

Etching

Dimensions

sheet: 10 5/16 x 13 7/16 in. (26.2 x 34.2 cm)

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011

Accession Number

2012.136.373.2

Tags

SatyrsForestsMusicians

About the Artist

Claude Gillot|Jean Audran · 16731722

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

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