The Funeral (Les Obseques): various satyrs gathered in a clearing, funeral pyre to left, a freshly dug grave and a tomb decorated with satyr heads and antlers in center, upon which musicians are seated, from "The lives of satyrs" (La vie des satyres)
Artwork Details
- Title: The Funeral (Les Obseques): various satyrs gathered in a clearing, funeral pyre to left, a freshly dug grave and a tomb decorated with satyr heads and antlers in center, upon which musicians are seated, from "The lives of satyrs" (La vie des satyres)
- Series/Portfolio: The lives of satyrs (La vie des satyres)
- Artist: Claude Gillot (French, Langres 1673–1722 Paris)
- Publisher: Jean Audran (French, Lyons 1667–1756 Paris)
- Date: ca. 1700–20
- Medium: Etching
- Dimensions: sheet: 10 3/8 x 13 13/16 in. (26.4 x 35.1 cm)
plate: 10 3/16 x 13 3/8 in. (25.8 x 34 cm) - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
- Object Number: 2012.136.373.1
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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Claude Gillot
n.d.
Multiple artists/makers
1725 (?)
Multiple artists/makers
1732
Claude Gillot
Audran
n.d. [before 1722]
Multiple artists/makers
18th century
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