Art Institute of Chicago

Satyr Resting beneath a Herm

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione

Date

1645–47

Medium

Etching on paper

Culture

Italy

Department

Prints and Drawings

Institution

Art Institute of Chicago

The Baroque Italian etcher and innovator par excellence, Castiglione employed his signature flourish in this oblong view of revelers regaining their strength after a bacchanal. A satyr sets himself down on the steps below a portly herm, likely a depiction of Pan: the flock of goats on the right attentively raise their heads toward the sculpture as if awaiting orders.

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