Two Satyrs in a Forest
Salomon Gessner
1777
Medium
etching on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 19.5 x 15 cm (7 11/16 x 5 7/8 in.) sheet: 27 x 21.8 cm (10 5/8 x 8 9/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of John O'Brien
Accession Number
1997.132.3
About the Artist
Salomon Gessner · 1730–1788
Salomon Gessner was born in Zurich in 1730 into a family of printers and publishers, an upbringing that placed books, images, and ideas at the center of his world from an early age. Though largely self-taught as a visual artist, he received some instruction during a period in Berlin, where he encountered the German Rococo tradition, and his mature work reflects a deep absorption in the pastoral li...