Nymphs & Satyrs - Nymphs & Satyrs flac album

Three nymphs playfully drag a Satyr into a woodland pond, while a fourth calls to her companions in the distance. Satyrs-half-man, half-goat-were reputedly unable to swim. Bouguereau exhibited this painting, accompanied by a verse from the Latin poem that inspired it, at the 1873 Paris Salon. Its vaguely classical subject provided an ideal opportunity to demonstrate his skill painting the female nude from multiple viewpoints.

English: In Greek mythology, satyrs (in Ancient Greek: Σάτυροι - Sátyroi) are a troop of male companions of Pan and Dionysus that roamed the woods and mountains. In mythology they are often associated with male sex drive and many artists have portrayed them with erections. Satyrs acquired their goat-like aspect through later conflation with the Roman Faunus, a carefree nature spirit of similar temperament

Nymphs and Satyrs . 605-10. Black chalk, pen and ink, white heightening, on brown paper 2. x 3. cm (sheet of paper) RCIN 913528 Close. Isaac Oliver (c. 1565-1617). Nymphs and Satyrs .

Narcisse Virgile Diaz de la Peña (1807–1876). The Fitzwilliam Museum. Send information to Art Detective. How you can use this image.