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Marriage

A work made of etching on cream laid paper.
CC0 Public Domain Designation

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  • A work made of etching on cream laid paper.

Date:

n.d.

Artist:

Claude Gillot
French, 1673-1722

About this artwork

Claude Gillot mocked the sanctity of marriage with this pastoral scene, part of a curious series on the life of satyrs. The text beneath describes the rite as a “Sad feast! in which love finds its entombment.” Apart from the oversized reading glasses on the presiding priest, the participants are surprisingly well behaved and straitlaced, considering the mythological creatures’ legendary appetite for lust. Indeed, the print connoisseur and dealer Pierre-Jean Mariette found the iconography of this group of Gillot’s prints particularly innovative.

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Claude Gillot

Title

Marriage

Place

France (Artist's nationality:)

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Artist's working dates 1693–1722

Medium

Etching on cream laid paper

Dimensions

Sheet, trimmed within platemark: 25.4 × 33.9 cm (10 × 13 3/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection

Reference Number

2013.544

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