A Satyr Entertaining His Family

1690s

Domenico Piola

Associated Names
Domenico Piola

Artist, Italian, Genoese, 1628 - 1703

This is a drawing depicting a scene with an elderly, bearded figure playing a flute while surrounded by smaller creatures with human and animal characteristics, possibly mythological beings or satyrs. A dog sits near the figure's feet. The setting shows lush vegetation, suggesting a woodland or forest backdrop. The drawing uses a monochromatic palette of earth tones and fluid line work.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown ink with brown wash over traces of black chalk on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Purchased as the Gift of Joan and David Maxwell

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 28 × 24.5 cm (11 × 9 5/8 in.)
    mount: 40.6 × 32.4 cm (16 × 12 3/4 in.)
    framed: 60.96 × 45.72 cm (24 × 18 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2017.84.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Maurizio Nobile, Bologna); purchased 2017 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2020

  • A Superb Baroque: Art in Genoa, 1600-1750, National Gallery of Art, Washington; Scuderie del Quirinale, Rome, 2020 (shown only in Washington, Washington venue canceled).

Inscriptions

by later hand, lower left in graphite: Domenico Piola Genovese; by later hand, center verso in red chalk: [not deciphered]; in graphite: L2

Wikidata ID

Q64541080

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