Woman Being Carried to a Libidinous Satyr
1540–56
Medium
Etching (right side of sheet trimmed)
Dimensions
Mount: 13 3/8 in. × 10 1/4 in. (34 × 26.1 cm) Sheet (trimmed): 9 5/16 × 9 3/8 in. (23.6 × 23.8 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Leo Steinberg, 1994
Accession Number
1994.538
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
About the Artist
Léon Davent · 1540–1556
**Léon Davent** (also known as Master L.D. or the monogrammist L.D.) was a French printmaker active in the mid-16th century, best known for his work in both engraving and etching. He played a leading role in the printmaking workshop associated with the First School of Fontainebleau at the Palace of Fontainebleau during the 1540s. His prints, often signed simply “L.D.,” reproduced designs by Italia...