Art, literature & history
Satyr Carrying a Nymph
1769/1771
- Dating
- Date range
- Held at
- National Gallery of Art
- Medium
- etching on laid paper
- Dimensions
- plate: 11.7 x 14.4 cm (4 5/8 x 5 11/16 in.) sheet: 12 x 14.7 cm (4 3/4 x 5 13/16 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1994.3.4
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
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Collection: National Gallery of Art
About this artwork
Satyr Carrying a Nymph — Salomon Gessner. 1769/1771.
Medium: etching on laid paper.
Dimensions (museum labels retained): plate: 11.7 x 14.4 cm (4 5/8 x 5 11/16 in.) sheet: 12 x 14.7 cm (4 3/4 x 5 13/16 in.).
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1994.3.4. Gift of John O'Brien.
Museum holding does not establish current display.
Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.
Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.