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Jean Honore Fragonard
French, 1732–1806
From the series, Les Bacchanales or Les jeux de satyres
Fragonard went to Naples in 1761 to see excavations of classical sites at Herculaneum. There he saw fragments of bas-relief sculpture representing satyrs at play, which is the source for the imagery in Dance of the Satyrs.
French, 1732–1806
Danse de satyres
1763From the series, Les Bacchanales or Les jeux de satyres
Object Type:
Print
Creation Place:
Northern Europe, French
Dimensions:
5 3/8 in. x 8 in. (13.65 cm x 20.32 cm)
Medium and Support:
Etching on paper
Accession Number:
1992.0005
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Weil, Jr., in memory of Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Weil, Sr.
Fragonard went to Naples in 1761 to see excavations of classical sites at Herculaneum. There he saw fragments of bas-relief sculpture representing satyrs at play, which is the source for the imagery in Dance of the Satyrs.
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