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Felice Giani: English: Drawing, Sheet from a Sketchbook: The Triumph of Silenus; Sacrifice to Bacchus, 1800–1810   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Artist
Felice Giani  (1758–1823)  wikidata:Q3105258
 
Felice Giani
Alternative names
Gianni Felice; Felice Gianni
Description Italian painter and engraver
Date of birth/death 15 December 1758 Edit this at Wikidata 21 January 1823 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death San Sebastiano Curone Rome
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artist QS:P170,Q3105258
Title
English: Drawing, Sheet from a Sketchbook: The Triumph of Silenus; Sacrifice to Bacchus, 1800–1810
Description
English: 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. Lower image: A priest sacrifices wine at right. A woman in flowing robes leads a goat with her right hand and offers a dish laden with fruit and grapes with her left. She is accompanied by two young satyrs carrying a large pitcher. A temple and satyr herm are visible in the shadows.
Date 1800–1810
Medium pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, traces of graphite on cream laid paper
Dimensions 3.1 x 22.7 cm (12 5/8 x 8 15/16 in.
institution QS:P195,Q1129820
Current location
Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design
Accession number
1901-39-3358
Credit line Museum purchase through gift of various donors
Inscriptions Watermark: lily in a crowned ovoid
Notes
  • Type: Drawing
  • Inscribed: Below upper image, bottom center in pen and brown ink: Trionfo di Sileno

Below lower image, bottom center in pen and brown ink: Feste -corrected over Festa "di Bacco"

  • Period: Neoclassical
  • Country: Italy
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