Woman and Satyr with Two Cupids

c. 1506/1512

Benedetto Montagna

Associated Names
Benedetto Montagna

Artist, Italian, c. 1480 - 1555 or 1558

The image features two adult figures and two cherubs. The main adult figure is a seated woman looking downward, next to a horned male figure. Two cherubs are shown, one holding a staff. In the background, there are buildings resembling a small town and hills in the distance. Two bare trees frame the figures on the right.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed within plate mark): 16 x 11.4 cm (6 5/16 x 4 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.6240

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hind 'Engravings', Vol. 5, p.184, no. 33, State only

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1938

  • Hind, Arthur M. Early Italian Engraving; a critical catalogue with complete reproductions of all the prints described. 7 vols. London: Bernard Quaritch Ltd., 1938-1948.

1973

  • Levenson et al. 1973, no.127.

Watermarks

present but not identified

Wikidata ID

Q65019154

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