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A work made of etching on cream laid paper.

Feste de Faune (The feast of the faun from, Bacchannales or the Quatres Festes)

c.1693-1722

Claude Gillot French, 1673-1722

France

Claude Gillot’s four-etching series of riotous woodland bacchanals celebrates Bacchus, Pan, fauns, and the nymph Diana (see 1969.279–80 and 1969.282). As stylistic precursors to the French Rococo with a deep interest in theater, Gillot’s prints are satirical and revolve around ancient sculpture.

Etching on cream laid paper

Prints and Drawings