Sign in or join

See it hung

Venus and Satyr

Look first

  • What catches your attention?
  • Where does your eye go next?
  • What would you ask about this work?
Show me

Venus and Satyr, 1592. Engraving with etching and plate tone on ivory laid paper.

Skip to the reading

Engraving with etching and plate tone on ivory laid paper · Image/sheet, cut within platemark: 15.1 × 22.2 cm · Art Institute of Chicago

Read more at the Art Institute of Chicago

Look again

What do you notice now?

Try a quick sketch

Take a minute to sketch on any paper. No upload needed.

What did you draw first? What did you leave out?

Details and source

Museum title
Venus and Satyr
Artist
Annibale Carracci Italian, 1560-1609
Date
1592
Medium
Engraving with etching and plate tone on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Image/sheet, cut within platemark: 15.1 × 22.2 cm (6 × 8 3/4 in.)
Credit line
Bequest of Harold Joachim
Image license
CC0 1.0 · Public domain
Museum record
Art Institute of Chicago

Artist’s life 1560–1609

View in the Atlas

Galler’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.

Venus and Satyr · Annibale Carracci, 1592
Fit
Shortcuts ?
Enter
Look closer
+ −
Zoom in / out
0
Fit the whole artwork
← → ↑ ↓
Pan the image while zoomed
← →
Previous / next artwork, outside this view
Esc
Close this view; press again to return to Annibale Carracci’s artworks

Tab moves between controls. Browser zoom shortcuts stay available.

Venus and Satyr, Annibale Carracci

+ − Zoom · Arrow keys pan · Esc Close