Thursday, October 18, 2007

Venus Riding a Satyr, Dirck de Quade van Ravesteyn, 1608






















Courtesy of Web Gallery of Art

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

I love that baby satyr!

Anonymous said...

Hmmm, I can't find that position in my kama sutra book. ;0


Dawn

Perfumeshrine said...

Amazingfly lively! Don't you just love that whole flemish thing.

BitterGrace said...

Would you believe I didn't even notice the baby satyr until after I posted this? It is adorable.

Did you notice the expression on the satyr's face? You can see it better if you click to enlarge. Lively, indeed.

Anonymous said...

Baby satyr looks like Jack Nicholson! scary!

Caribou

BitterGrace said...

LOL, you're right, Caribou. He does. The family that plays together...