CIRCLE OF Karl Gustav KLINGSTEDT, AFTER THE LASCIVIE BY Agostino CARRACCI (1590), MINIATURE ON IVORY CIRCA 1700

TECHNIQUE: Watercolor and gouache on ivory, 2 small card enlargment on right and left, protected under a convex glass

ARSTIST: ENTOURAGE DE Karl Gustav KLINGSTEDT (1657-1734)

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FRAME : Gilded metal frame, 19th century

PORTRAIT SIZE: 6,8x5,4cm

FRAME SIZE: 8x6,8cm

DESCRIPTION :

Erotic miniature, with some variations, after one  of the "lascivie pieces" (1590) engraved by Agostino Carracci (1557-1602) ,now in  British Museum, London (1867,0413.547).

The "Satyr whipping a Nymph" is taken from these 13 erotic engravings.
In the engraving, a second satyr leaves the forest in the distance and the nymph points to the last link that holds her. In the miniature the second satyr disappears ey the second hand of the nymph firmly holds a branch.

the miniature is painted on a very thick ivory plate, typical of the late 17th/ early 18th century miniatures. It recalls the rare erotic works treated in color by Karl Gustav Klingstedt (1657-1734) as that showing a family of Satyrs, National Museum, Stockholm (see last picture).


CONDITION: Good condition. cleaned by Dr. Bernd Pappe

BIBLIOGRAPHY: Bénézit, Lespinasse, Blattel, Schidlof, Darmon, Foster, Thème et Becker, Lemoine Bouchard, Bernd Pappe.