Four boys, two satyrs and a goat

Four boys, two satyrs and a goat

Wenceslaus Hollar

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

A vine-crowned boy holding a bunch of grapes in his left hand has fallen to the ground; another boy and a boy-satyr are pouring water or wine on him; a goat is nibbling the vine trailing from the basket of grapes being carried by a boy at right. after Peter van Avont

Drawings and Prints

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

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