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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

Date
ca. 1515–27
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet (Trimmed): 4 7/16 × 7 1/16 in. (11.3 × 17.9 cm)
Object type
Print
Classification
Prints
Object number
17.50.16-102
Credit line
Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1917
Original Met record Artist authority

Artist information

Italian, Ravenna, active by 1515–died 1527 Rome

Subjects and terms

  • Women
  • Satyrs
  • Crabs
  • Trees
  • Sleeping

The Met object ID 341475. 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.