Pietro da CortonaItalian, 1596–1669Bacchanal
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The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
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About the work
Here, a bacchanalia is in full swing with its required cast of characters: Bacchus, Roman god of wine, at right; Silenus, atop the wine barrel, always ready for another glass; and numerous bacchants consisting of maenads, satyrs, musicians, children, and a goat, all within an Italian landscape. This drawing may have been a design for a fresco or painting. Depictions of bacchanalia were often meant for dining spaces, where the elite of society could playfully mirror the revelries portrayed in their own enjoyment of food and wine.
The Cleveland Museum of Art
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- Accession number
- 1954.688
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