Two satyrs, traditionally known as the 'Mockers,' laughing and using their limbs to pin a drawing to a tree trunk, at left a smiling man points toward the drawing, at right is a laughing woman, a globe underneath one of the satyrs

Q: When was "Two satyrs, traditionally known as the 'Mockers,' laughing and using their limbs to pin a drawing to a tree trunk, at left a smiling man points toward the drawing, at right is a laughing woman, a globe underneath one of the satyrs" created?

This artwork was created ca. 1636–45.

Q: Is "Two satyrs, traditionally known as the 'Mockers,' laughing and using their limbs to pin a drawing to a tree trunk, at left a smiling man points toward the drawing, at right is a laughing woman, a globe underneath one of the satyrs" in the public domain?

Yes, Two satyrs, traditionally known as the 'Mockers,' laughing and using their limbs to pin a drawing to a tree trunk, at left a smiling man points toward the drawing, at right is a laughing woman, a globe underneath one of the satyrs is in the public domain and available for free download under CC0 license.

Claude Mellan

ca. 1636–45

Two satyrs, traditionally known as the 'Mockers,' laughing and using their limbs to pin a drawing to a tree trunk, at left a smiling man points toward the drawing, at right is a laughing woman, a globe underneath one of the satyrs by Claude Mellan

Medium

Engraving

Dimensions

sheet: 10 1/8 x 8 1/8 in. (25.7 x 20.7 cm) plate: 9 3/16 x 7 5/16 in. (23.3 x 18.5 cm)

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011

Accession Number

2012.136.44

Tags

WomenSatyrs

Art Historical Context

In Claude Mellan's enchanting engraving *Two Satyrs, traditionally known as the 'Mock'* (ca. 1636–45), a lively scene unfolds in a wooded setting. Two mischievous satyrs—mythological half-man, half-goat symbolizing revelry and folly—laugh heartily while using their limbs to pin a to a tree trunk. the left, a smiling man points toward the affixed artwork, while at right, a laughing woman joins the amusement. Beneath one satyr rests a globe, hinting at worldly satire or the universality of mockery. Mellan, a masterful French engraver active during the Baroque era, was renowned for his virtuoso ...

About the Artist

Claude Mellan · 1598–1688

Claude Mellan (1598-1688) was a French draughtsman, engraver, and painter who became one of the most innovative printmakers of the French Baroque period. Born in Abbeville to a family of coppersmiths, Mellan rose to become Peintre et Graveur Ordinaire du Roi (Painter and Engraver in Ordinary to the King), achieving recognition for his extraordinary technical mastery. Mellan's artistic significanc...

Two satyrs, traditionally known as the 'Mockers,' laughing and using their limbs to pin a drawing to a tree trunk, at left a smiling man points toward the drawing, at right is a laughing woman, a globe underneath one of the satyrs

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