Seated Satyr
unknown
Basic information
- ID
- Ж-1712
- Author
- unknown
- Name
- Seated Satyr
- Date of creation
- 17th c.
- Country
- Italy
- Technique
- oil painting
- Material
- canvas oil
- Dimensions
- 76.7 x 100 cm (height x width)
Additionally
- Type
- painting
- Genre
- mythological painting
- Plot
- Satyr
Information about author
Object description
The work depicts the image of a satyr, which was common in Baroque art. The popularity of satyrs in 17th- and 18th-century painting is connected with the fact that those mythological creatures were an allegorical representation of the melancholic side of the human character. An almost life-size satyr sits in the foreground, resting his hand on the ground. In the background is a poorly detailed landscape, with the elements almost impossible to detect.
Legal regulation
Borys Voznytskyi Lviv National Art Gallery
