Seventh Eclogue: Thyrsis Milking a Goat (Thyrsis trayant une chevre)

published 1926

Aristide Maillol

Associated Names
Aristide Maillol

Artist, French, 1861 - 1944

The image features a man sitting next to a horse, with the man milking the horse. The scene is depicted in a stylized manner with clean, continuous lines in a monochrome red-orange hue. The background is light, and the setting includes a tree. The composition is minimalist, using negative space to highlight the central action and subjects.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut in red on Japan paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1980.45.1019

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Guérin 1965, no. 46, State only

  • Series Title

    Publius Vergilius Maro: Eclogae: p.71 [Guerin 1965 16-58]

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1951

  • Rewald 1951, no.39.

1982

  • Guerin, Marcel. Catalogue Raisonne de l'oeuvre grave et lithographie Aristide Maillol. Geneva: Pierre Cailler, 1965.

Wikidata ID

Q65565830

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