Silenus Accompanied by a Satyr and a Faun

1635

Christoffel Jegher after Sir Peter Paul Rubens

Associated Names
Christoffel Jegher

Artist, Flemish, 1596 - 1652/1653

Sir Peter Paul Rubens

Artist After, Flemish, 1577 - 1640

The image shows three intertwined full-body figures. Each figure is muscular, bare-chested, with flowing hair. The central figure has a beard, while the others have curly hair. They are surrounded by a landscape with plants, rocks, and a cloudy sky with birds. The composition suggests movement and engagement with the surroundings.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of C.G. Boerner, Inc.

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 44.5 x 33.9 cm (17 1/2 x 13 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2001.103.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schneevoogt 1873, no. 139

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Charles Hack, New York; (C. G. Boerner, New York); gift to NGA, 2001.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2004

  • Six Centuries of Prints and Drawings: Recent Acquisitions, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2004 - 2005

2007

  • The Baroque Woodcut, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2007 - 2008

Bibliography

1873

  • Schneevoogt, C. G. Voorhelm. Catalogue des Estampes gravées d'après P. P. Rubens. Haarlem: Les Héritiers Loosjes, 1873.

Inscriptions

recto: lower left in block: P. P. Rub. delineav. / et excud.; lower center in block: CVM PRIVILEGIIS; lower right in block: Christoffel Iegher. sculp.; verso: at lower center in graphite in later hand: H. 16 I/II

Markings

none

Watermarks

letters accompanied by a 4

Wikidata ID

Q76337449

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