Amymone (?) with a lecherous satyr

A pale nude woman stands at the left, one arm raised over her head against a tree trunk, while a hairy satyr with horns and goat legs crouches close beside her. Pen and ink lines with loose watercolor wash render a wooded shore with a distant sailing ship at the left edge.

Look closer: A small sailing ship appears on the water at the far left edge, near the figure's hip.

Artist

William Hamilton

Date

1770–80

Medium

Pen and black ink over graphite, with watercolor

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

2961 × 3620 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 2015