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Fauns (Roman mythology)

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  • Silenus, holding grapes and crowned with vines, flanked by a maenad and a faun. Engraving by C. Faucci, c. 1768, after G. B. Cipriani after P. Rubens.
  • The dancing faun. Pencil drawing by R. Earlom.
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    The dancing faun. Pencil drawing by R. Earlom.

    Earlom, Richard, 1743-1822. | Date: 1762 | Reference: 33004i
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    A dancing faun with cymbals. Etching by S.F. Ravenet after R. Dalton, 1745.

    Dalton, Richard, 1715?-1791. | Date: 8 July 1745 | Reference: 663748i
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    A faun in the retinue of Bacchus. Etching by the Comte de Caylus and engraving by J.P. le Bas after E. Bouchardon, 1737.

    Bouchardon, Edme, 1698-1762. | Date: [1737] | Reference: 2889816i
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    Cybele, accompanied by Bacchus and Ceres, is carried on a chariot drawn by lions, surrounded by ancillary deities and followers; representing the element earth. Engraving by C. Dupuis, 1721, after Louis de Boullogne the younger.

    Boulogne, Louis, 1654-1733. | Date: [1721] | Reference: 3069786i
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    Silenus, holding grapes and crowned with vines, flanked by a maenad and a faun. Engraving by C. Faucci, c. 1768, after G. B. Cipriani after P. Rubens.

    Rubens, Peter Paul, 1577-1640. | Date: 1768 | Reference: 26094i
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