Caption
Faun with bacchante and putti, print, collector's mark: 'JJS', printmaker: attributed to Michel Dorigny, France, after design by Zacharie Heince, after painting by Zacharie Heince, grantor of privilege: French crown, 1626 - 1665, Michel Dorigny, Zacharie Heince, French crown, printmaker, after design by, after painting by, provider of privilege, Attributed to, paper, etching, etching on blue paper, height 129 mm, width 379 mm, cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti', satyrs, fauns, Sileni, maenad(s), female bacchant(es), A wide horizontal engraving showing a group of mythological figures and putti clustered across a watery foreground, with a bearded older man at the center surrounded by reclining and leaning women and several winged infants; one cherub rests on a large rounded object on the left while others play with flowing drapery and garlands, a child with small wings holds a torch toward the right foreground, and a reclining female figure with long hair sits on the back of a large fish-like creature near the right edge; farther right, additional figures stand and gesture, one holding a trident, and small flying putti hover above; the scene includes masses of foliage and textured waves, detailed curly hair and flowing garments, and dense cross-hatched shading throughout.
Credit line
Photo12/Liszt Collection
Reference
LZT26B27_059
License type
Rights managed
Available size
40.0Mb (12.2Mb) / 21.1in x 7.4in / 6336 x 2207 (300dpi)