id:			170458
accession number:	2012.64.3
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2012.64.3
updated:		2023-04-22 12:24:42.923000

Bacchanales: Nymph Astride a Satyr , 1763. Jean-Honoré Fragonard (French, 1732–1806). Etching; sheet: 15.8 x 22.3 cm (6 1/4 x 8 3/4 in.); platemark: 14.9 x 21.2 cm (5 7/8 x 8 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Severance and Greta Millikin Trust 2012.64.3

title:				Bacchanales: Nymph Astride a Satyr 
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creation date:			1763
creation date earliest:		1763
creation date latest:		1763
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creditline:			Severance and Greta Millikin Trust
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culture:	France, 18th century
technique:	etching
department:	Prints
collection:	PR - Etching
type:		Print
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catalogue raisonne: Wildenstein 5

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CREATORS

* Jean-Honoré Fragonard (French, 1732–1806)  - artist

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measurements: Sheet: 15.8 x 22.3 cm (6 1/4 x 8 3/4 in.); Platemark: 14.9 x 21.2 cm (5 7/8 x 8 3/8 in.)
state of the work:	I/II
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Artists and Amateurs: Etching in Eighteenth Century France
	opening date:   2013-10-01T00:00:00
	<i>Artists and Amateurs: Etching in Eighteenth Century France</i>. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (organizer) (October 1, 2013-January 5, 2014).

	title:		Elegance and Intrigue: French Society in 18th-century Prints and Drawings
	opening date:   2016-07-16T04:00:00
	<i>Elegance and Intrigue: French Society in 18th-century Prints and Drawings</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 16-November 6, 2016).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Mr. and Mrs. R. Stanley Johnson, Chicago
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wall description:
Fragonard created these charming etchings shortly after returning from Italy, where he encountered similar Roman antiquities. Satyrs and nymphs frolic in this suite of playfully erotic scenes, which he conceived as low-relief sculptures on stone fragments nestled in the foliage of country gardens. The abundant vegetation—as well as the satyr and human children—symbolizes the wild fecundity of nature.
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