Venus and a Satyr

1592

Annibale Carracci

Associated Names
Annibale Carracci

Artist, Bolognese, 1560 - 1609

This is a drawing of a reclining figure surrounded by two others. The scene depicts a nude figure reclining on a richly-draped bed surrounded by fabric and cushions. An elderly figure leans over from the left, grasping a piece of cloth, while a small winged child gestures towards the reclining figure. The backdrop reveals a pastoral landscape visible through a window or open area, punctuated by trees and distant hills. The use of linework and shading is intricate, conveying a sense of texture and depth to both figures and surroundings.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching with engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Kate Ganz

  • Dimensions

    plate: 15.4 × 22.5 cm (6 1/16 × 8 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2008.104.11

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bohlin 1979, no. 17

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Ture Lundh, Sweden (not in Lugt). Kate Ganz, New York; gift to NGA, 2008.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2018

  • Sense of Humor: Caricature, Satire, and the Comical in Prints and Drawings from Leonardo to the Present, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2018 - 2019.

Bibliography

1802

  • Bartsch 17

1979

  • Bohlin, Diane DeGrazia. Prints and Related Drawings by the Carracci Family. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1979: 17

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: 1592. A.C.; by later hand, lower left in green ink: Ture Lundh b. 1896 Sweden; by later hand, lower left in graphite: 30927 / gkaf; by later hand, lower right in graphite: B17 Nagler II/2 LeBlanc i/ii

Markings

none

Watermarks

illegible design inside an oval

Wikidata ID

Q76439115

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