The Birth (La Naissance): in a forest, the new mother resting in a hammock at center, the newborn below her to left, various satyrs and goats surrounding, from 'The lives of satyrs' (La vie des satyres)
Claude Gillot|Jean Audran
ca. 1700–1720
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
sheet: 10 3/8 x 13 11/16 in. (26.4 x 34.8 cm) plate: 10 1/16 x 13 3/8 in. (25.6 x 34 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
Accession Number
2012.136.373.3
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
SatyrsGoatsForestsBirthCrowd
About the Artist
Claude Gillot|Jean Audran · 1673–1722
Artist known for his elegant designs done in the Rococo manner of Audran; also for his predilection for scenes from the 'comedia dell'arte.' Few paintings survive; his work is known mainly through drawings and etchings. Comment on works: Genre; History