Satyr Family

c. 1512/1520

Benedetto Montagna

Associated Names
Benedetto Montagna

Artist, Italian, c. 1480 - 1555 or 1558

The image shows a woman sitting on a rock or elevated surface. She holds a long branch in her right hand and her left hand rests on her lap. She looks downward with a serene expression, wearing a long gown and barefoot. In the background are gnarled trees, a satyr playing a flute, another smaller satyr holding onto the woman's gown, and a sleeping leopard next to a bowl. The inscription "Benedeto Montagna" is at the top of the image.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 15.6 x 10.6 cm (6 1/8 x 4 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.6242

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hind 'Engravings', Vol. 5, p.184, no. 35, State only

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1973

  • Prints of the Italian Renaissance, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1973, no. 247.

2018

  • Sharing Images: Renaissance Prints into Maiolica and Bronze, cat. by Jamie Gabbarelli, NGA, 2018, no.

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.130.

Inscriptions

upper right in plate: BENEDETO / MONTAGNA

Wikidata ID

Q65019156

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