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The image shows a full-body drawing of a seated figure with short, curly hair and small horns on their head. The figure has a somber expression, one hand on their knee, and the other hand holding a long staff. The figure is nude, with a textured background creating a sense of depth.
National Gallery of Art · Print
A Satyr Seated in a Landscape
Andrea Appiani
- Date
- 1808/1812
- Medium
- lithograph on buff wove paper
- Dimensions
- image: 13.2 × 7.2 cm (5 3/16 × 2 13/16 in.) sheet: 24.8 × 20.4 cm (9 3/4 × 8 1/16 in.)
- Classification
- Accession number
- 2018.77.3
- Credit line
- Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
- Time span
- 1751 to 1775
- Department
- CG-E
Subjects and terms
- lithograph
- classical
- mythology
Provenance
(Il Bulino Antiche Stampe di Matteo Crespi, Milan); purchased 2018 by NGA.
Inscription
lower center in stone: Appiani fec.; lower right in graphite: Appiani
Watermarks
flowers(?) in a decorative oval
NGA object ID 214487. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.