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The Four Festivals: Festival of Diana
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This depiction of the festival of Diana, Roman goddess of forests and animals, accompanies three other scenes glorifying the nature gods Faunus, Bacchus, and Pan. In each print a frame of flourishing vegetation surrounds nude and semi-nude figures who frolic around an altar with a bust to the god. The caption below the Festival of Diana declares that this celebration is being "troubled by satyrs," whose muscular, goat-legged bodies and leering faces appear at either edge of the wooded grove.
| Artist / Maker | Claude Gillot |
|---|---|
| Date | c. 1693–1715 |
| Culture / Origin | France |
| Medium | etching and engraving |
| Department | Prints |
| Type |
About the Artist
BiographyClaude Gillot (1673–1722) — French painter (1673-1722).Claude Gillot worked as painter, draftsperson, graphic artist, printmaker and theatre designer and is associated with France. Their documented life spans the years 1673 to 1722, born in Langres, died in Paris.Disciplinespainter, draftsperson, graphic artist, printmaker, theatre designerBorn1673, LangresDied1722, ParisNationalityFranceSources: Wikidata · Wikipedia Full biography →
Provenance & Source
Image & data: Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0 / Public Domain.
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