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Etcher Wenceslaus Hollar Bohemian
After Pieter van Avont Flemish
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A wreathed infant Dionysos sits astride a leopard, an animal sacred to the god. The tall satyr blowing his horn at the front leads the procession to the right in search of the next vineyard.
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Title: Four boys, a young satyr, and a leopard
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: 1647
Medium: Etching, only state
Dimensions: Sheet: 5 3/8 × 8 1/8 in. (13.6 × 20.6 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951
Object Number: 51.501.1389
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