Antique Print Made after the Painting 'The March of Silenus' by Rubens '1785'

Reference
BG-12341
Date
1785
Category
Engraving
Sheet size
46.0 x 50.0 cm (18.1 x 19.7 in)
Condition
Fair
Availability
Available
Price
EUR 1,200

Antique print titled 'Baccha Nalians'. Rare large-sized mezzotint made after the painting 'The March of Silenus' by Peter Paul Rubens. A drunken Silenus slouching at left and letting his jug spill, supported by a fauness and a black woman holding a tambourine, a goat-headed faun following; two fauns looking on from a tree to right, a tiger pawing at one from beneath; at foreground r, two faunesses sitting on the ground, one suckling two infants with the faces of elderly men; coat of arms at bottom. Published by John Boydell, 1785. Engraved by Richard Earlom.

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