Sheet from a Sketchbook: The Triumph of Silenus; Sacrifice to Bacchus
Cooper Hewitt

Sheet from a Sketchbook: The Triumph of Silenus; Sacrifice to Bacchus

Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823 · 1800–1810

Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, traces of graphite on cream laid paper
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
CC0 — Public Domain
Cooper Hewitt

Upper image. Silenus, supported by a Maenad, rides upon a donkey. He holds a bowl to his lips with his left hand and a pitcher in his right. He is accompanied by young satyrs. An elephant is shown in the rear.

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