Youth Playing a Pipe for a Satyr
Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Il Grechetto)
Details
- Palette
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- Dimensions
- 16 x 21-1/16 in. (40.6 x 53.5 cm)
- Department
- Drawings and Prints
- Holding institution
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Image provider
- metropolitan-museum-of-art
- License
- CC0-1.0
- Credit
- Gustavus A. Pfeiffer Fund, 1962
Art Genome Taxonomy
12 tags
Subject Matter
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Related to Music Both · 99%
The catalog lists musical instruments as a subject, and the image clearly shows a youth playing a pipe.
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Human Figure Both · 99%
The image contains numerous human figures, while the catalog identifies women and satyrs and the title identifies a youth.
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Classical Mythology Interpretive · 88%
The catalog identifies a satyr, and the central hybrid human-animal figure places the scene within the subject area of classical mythology, although no specific mythological episode is identified.
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Figures in Nature Visual · 96%
Figures occupy a wooded environment framed by trees, foliage, rocks, and open atmospheric passages.
Visual Qualities
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Earth Tones Visual · 95%
The image is dominated by ochres, browns, muted reddish tones, and subdued blue-green passages.
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Dense Composition Visual · 84%
A substantial cluster of overlapping figures and landscape forms spans most of the sheet, creating a visually crowded central and lower field despite open areas in the background.
Medium and Techniques
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Drawing Metadata · 99%
The work is classified as a drawing and is described as brush with colored oil paint.
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Work on Paper Metadata · 99%
The catalog specifies paper as the support and notes that it is partly saturated with oil.
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Oil Painting Metadata · 98%
The catalog explicitly identifies colored oil paint as part of the medium.
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Large Brushstrokes/Loose Brushwork Visual · 95%
Broad, rapid brush marks define the figures, garments, trees, and ground, with many contours remaining open or abbreviated.
Time Periods
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17th Century Art Metadata · 99%
The catalog dates the work to 1645–50.
Geographic Regions
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Italian Art Metadata · 99%
The catalog identifies Castiglione as Italian, from Genoa.
Source & rights
Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Il Grechetto). Youth Playing a Pipe for a Satyr. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.