Bath of Sardanapalus

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Bath of Sardanapalus

Johann Theodor de Bry (German, 1561-1623)LinkedCulture matchlcp-903257808198

Date
n.d.
Medium
Engraving in black on ivory laid paper
Culture
Germany
Department
Prints and Drawings
Institution
Art Institute of Chicago
Object ID
43523

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Sardanapalus was a mythical ancient Assyrian king known for his excessive pursuit of physical pleasure. He appears here being bathed by a bevy of women, though he was said to have many concubines of both genders. Johann Theodor de Bry copied and reshaped another artist’s rectangular print of a moralizing subject to create this composition, surrounding it with a sumptuously detailed border of foodstuffs, animals, and grotesque hybrid creatures.

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The Charles Deering Collection

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AAT300041273

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