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)
Claude Gillot|Jean Audran
ca. 1700–1720
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 · 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