A satyr stalking a sleeping nymph was a popular erotic motif in the Italian Renaissance. The source of inspiration was the discovery in 1512 of a marble statue from antiquity, which was placed in the garden of the Vatican. Mirrored print after the original by Agostino Carracci.
Satyr Approaching a Sleeping Nymph, ca. 1594 - 1597
- burin engraving, paper
- 151 x 102 mm
- Inv. 2013-EJ
Anonymous Master
engravers (printmakers)
Agostino Carracci
Bologna 1557 - Parma (?) 1602
after
after
Donato Rasciotti
Brescia 1572 - 1618
publisher
publisher
Public Domain