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Claude Gillot

Feste de Faune

n.d.
Etching on paper
17.2 × 35.8 cm (6.8 × 14.1 in)

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FROM THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO’S CATALOG

Claude Gillot’s four-etching series of riotous woodland bacchanals celebrates Bacchus, Pan, fauns, and the nymph Diana (see 1969.279–80 and 1969.282). As stylistic precursors to the French Rococo with a deep interest in theater, Gillot’s prints are satirical and revolve around ancient sculpture.

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