Composition of figures arranged in a landscape foreground before a statue of a female goddess, at left two nude figures support a nude woman riding a goat led by a putto, at center a draped woman holds one finger to her eye behind a satyr holding a bow, at right Mercury twists away from the satyr, from a series of twelve frieze-like designs showing bacchanals, sacrifices, and dances
Object type: Print
Department: Drawings and Prints
Portfolio: Twelve frieze-like designs showing bacchanals, sacrifices, and dances
Artist: Pierre Brebiette|François Langlois
Artist bio: French, Mantes-sur-Seine ca. 1598–1642 Paris|French, baptized Chartres, 1588–1647 Paris
Artist role: Artist|Publisher
Artist nationality: French|French
Date: ca. 1617–25
Medium: Etching
Dimensions: sheet: 2 15/16 x 10 3/16 in. (7.5 x 25.8 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
Accession year: 2012
Tags: Female Nudes|Putti|Mercury|Satyrs|Goats