Bacchanal with Silenus
Cleveland Museum of Art

Bacchanal with Silenus

Andrea Mantegna (Italian, about 1431–1506) · 1481

engraving
CC0 — Public Domain
Cleveland Museum of Art

Like most artists in Renaissance Italy, Mantegna was often inspired by ancient Greek and Roman art. In this print, the revelers are positioned in the foreground of a shallow picture plane, reminding savvy viewers of a Roman frieze.

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