Four boys, two satyrs and a goat

Etcher Wenceslaus Hollar Bohemian
After Pieter van Avont Flemish
1654
Not on view
A vine-crowned boy holding a bunch of grapes in his left hand has fallen to the ground; another boy and a boy-satyr are pouring water or wine on him; a goat is nibbling the vine trailing from the basket of grapes being carried by a boy at right. after Peter van Avont

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Object Information
  • Title: Four boys, two satyrs and a goat
  • Series/Portfolio: Putti and Satyrs (New Hollstein 932-939)
  • Etcher: Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London)
  • Artist: After Pieter van Avont (Flemish, 1599–1652)
  • Date: 1654
  • Medium: Etching, first state of two
  • Dimensions: Plate: 5 9/16 × 8 3/16 in. (14.2 × 20.8 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951
  • Object Number: 51.501.1383
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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