A bas-relief depicting a satyr at left holding two infants, another child satyr to right, dancing to the sound of the sistrum played by the woman in center, around the relief, a vase decorated with the head of a satyr, plants, and a thyrsus, from "Four Bacchanalia" (Quatre Bacchanales)

1763
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  • Title: A bas-relief depicting a satyr at left holding two infants, another child satyr to right, dancing to the sound of the sistrum played by the woman in center, around the relief, a vase decorated with the head of a satyr, plants, and a thyrsus, from "Four Bacchanalia" (Quatre Bacchanales)
  • Series/Portfolio: Four Bacchanalia (Quatre Bacchanales)
  • Artist: Jean Honoré Fragonard (French, Grasse 1732–1806 Paris)
  • Date: 1763
  • Medium: Etching
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 5 7/8 × 8 7/16 in. (14.9 × 21.5 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
  • Object Number: 2012.136.378
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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