Bacchanal with Silenus

Minneapolis Institute of Art

Bacchanal with Silenus

Andrea Mantegna; Engraver: Unidentified engraver, ItalyLinkedCulture matchlcp-308c89ddacd9

Date
early 1470s
Medium
Engraving
Department
European Art
Institution
Minneapolis Institute of Art
Object ID
7462

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Silenus, the plump companion of the wine god Bacchus, is carried by two satyrs and receives a grapevine crown from a third. The musicians seem eager to lead the procession, but things don't seem to be going too smoothly. The image recalls the format of ancient Roman sarcophagi, but since no direct antecedent has been discovered, Andrea Mantegna seems to have fully imbibed the lessons of antiquity and reformulated them into entirely original conceptions. Italy, Europe

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Bequest of Herschel V. Jones

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