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The Marriage (Le Mariage): in a forest, an old satyr marries the betrothed in center, musicians to right, old satyrs with canes to the left, a couple consulting an old philosopher to left in the foreground, from 'The lives of satyrs' (La vie des satyres)

The Marriage (Le Mariage): in a forest, an old satyr marries the betrothed in center, musicians to right, old satyrs with canes to the left, a couple consulting an old philosopher to left in the foreground, from 'The lives of satyrs' (La vie des satyres) by Claude Gillot|Jean Audran

Medium

Etching

Dimensions

sheet: 10 5/16 x 13 7/16 in. (26.2 x 34.2 cm)

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011

Accession Number

2012.136.373.2

Rights

Public Domain

Tags

SatyrsForestsMusicians

About the Artist

Claude Gillot|Jean Audran · 16731722

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

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