Jean Honoré Fragonard

A bas-relief depicting a satyr at left holding two infants, another child satyr to right, dancing to the sound of the sistrum played by the woman in center, around the relief, a vase decorated with the head of a satyr, plants, and a thyrsus, from 'Four Bacchanalia' (Quatre Bacchanales)

1763
Etching
14.9 × 21.5 cm (5.9 × 8.5 in)

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