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Nymph Astride a Satyr, from the Bacchanals

1763

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The story

Fragonard etched his four Bacchanals soon after coming home to Paris from Italy, where he had studied ancient sculpture. The wine god never appears. Instead his followers flirt, quarrel and keep house, carved like low reliefs on broken stones amid thick foliage.

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Object details

Title: Nymph Astride a Satyr, from the Bacchanals
Artist: Jean Honoré Fragonard
Date: 1763
Culture: French
Medium: Etching
Object type: Prints
Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Credit line: Image source The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access. License Public domain, CC0 (Met Open Access).
Object number: EFA.0073
Original image: 3000 × 2276 px
Source record: View on The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access
License evidence: See the license

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Jean Honoré Fragonard. Nymph Astride a Satyr, from the Bacchanals. 1763. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Image source The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access. License Public domain, CC0 (Met Open Access). In The Secret Cabinet, https://thesecretcabinet.com/object/ea0073/