1509
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
Woman and Satyr with Two Cupids is a 1509 ink by Benedetto Montagna, a Renaissance work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This black-and-white print shows a woman sitting under a big tree, holding a baby. Next to her is a bearded man with horns and a tail, looking at her. Two small, naked children are playing on the ground nearby. In the background, there’s a small town by a river, with buildings and a bridge. The woman and the horned man seem calm, but the scene feels strange. The artist used fine lines to show shadows and textures, like the folds in the woman’s dress and the rough bark of the tree. Want to know more? Look up engraving to see how artists like Montagna made prints like this.
Benedetto Montagna (c. 1480–1555/58) was an Italian engraver and painter. Montagna was born in Vicenza, the son of the leading painter of the city, Bartolomeo Montagna, with whom he trained and perhaps continued to…
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