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Claude Gillot|Pierre François Basan

The festival of Diana, interrupted by satyrs (Feste de Diane, troublée par des Satyres): nymphs gathered around the bust of Diana in a stone niche at center, surprised by the arrival of satyrs from either side, from 'Les Bacchanales; Quatres Festes'

ca. 1786
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26 × 40 cm (10.2 × 15.7 in)

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