Five Satyrs and Two Nymphs

Etcher Wenceslaus Hollar Bohemian
After Adam Elsheimer German
1650
Not on view
after Willem Basse?
Five satyrs and two nymphs in a wooded landscape, one of the satyrs is playing the pipes while a nymph dances and plays a tambourine at right, another satyr approaches from the right.

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  • Title: Five Satyrs and Two Nymphs
  • Etcher: Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London)
  • Artist: After Adam Elsheimer (German, Frankfurt 1578–1610 Rome)
  • Date: 1650
  • Medium: Etching; only state
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 2 3/4 × 3 15/16 in. (7 × 10 cm) cut on and fractionally within platemark
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1920
  • Object Number: 20.81.2.170
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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