Satyr’s Family, c. 1520
Benedetto Montagnaexpand_more
Engravingexpand_more
Gift of Herschel V. Jones, 1926expand_more P.10,928
Not on Viewexpand_more
If Renaissance imagery is reliable evidence, satyrs and humans frequently intermarried. Here, Dad plays his horn, while matters of discipline are left up to Mom. But she might as well give up now, for the child appears to be every inch his father's son. The artist may have identified with his subject, for Benedetto Montagna's father wrote of his concern that his son was not married and had sired an illegitimate son.
Details
- Title
- Satyr’s Family
- Artist Life
- c. 1480-1556/58
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- P.10,928
- Provenance
- F. Debois (L.985) pen verso; British Museum Dupl., black stamps verso (L. 300, 305).
- Catalogue Raisonne
- H. V 134.35; B.XIII, 342,17
- Curator Approved
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