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A satyr discovering a sleeping woman; two crabs hanging from a rope which is strung between a term and a tree

The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Drawings and Prints

A satyr discovering a sleeping woman; two crabs hanging from a rope which is strung between a term and a tree

Marco Dente|Antonio Salamanca|Giovanni Giacomo De Rossi

Date
ca. 1515–27
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet (Trimmed): 4 3/8 × 6 3/4 in. (11.1 × 17.2 cm)
Object type
Print
Classification
Prints
Object number
59.570.304
Credit line
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959
Original Met record Artist authority

Artist information

Italian, Ravenna, active by 1515–died 1527 Rome|Salamanca 1478–1562 Rome|Italian, Rome 1627–1691 Rome

Subjects and terms

  • Sleeping
  • Female Nudes
  • Satyrs
  • Crabs
  • Trees

The Met object ID 341178. The source CSV marks this record public domain, the official API identifies it as image-bearing, and the image was reverified as public domain before this page rendered.