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

Prints and Drawings

c.1693-1722

Claude Gillot
French, 1673-1722

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.

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Artist: Claude Gillot
Title: Feste de Faune (The feast of the faun from, Bacchannales or the Quatres Festes)
Place: France (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: Artist's working dates 1693–1722
Medium: Etching on cream laid paper
Inscriptions: Lettered, lower left: "Invente' peint et grave par C.Gillot."; below image: "Feste de faune, dieu des foresta/ Nimphes, sylvains redoublez vos...de vos plaisirs. Dubruit./ A Paris ches Basan."
Dimensions: Image: 17.2 × 35.8 cm (6 13/16 × 14 1/8 in.); Plate: 22 × 37.3 cm (8 11/16 × 14 11/16 in.); Sheet: 30.5 × 46.3 cm (12 1/16 × 18 1/4 in.)
Credit Line: Potter Palmer Collection Fund
Reference Number: 1969.281
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