The Birth (La Naissance): in a forest, the new mother resting in a hammock at center, the newborn below her to left, various satyrs and goats surrounding, from 'The lives of satyrs' (La vie des satyres)
Object type: Print
Department: Drawings and Prints
Portfolio: 'The lives of satyrs' (La vie des satyres)
Artist: Claude Gillot|Jean Audran
Artist bio: French, Langres 1673–1722 Paris|French, Lyons 1667–1756 Paris
Artist role: Artist|Publisher
Artist nationality: French|French
Date: ca. 1700–1720
Medium: Etching
Dimensions: sheet: 10 3/8 x 13 11/16 in. (26.4 x 34.8 cm)
plate: 10 1/16 x 13 3/8 in. (25.6 x 34 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
Accession year: 2012
Tags: Satyrs|Goats|Forests|Birth|Crowd