The Drunken Silenus

1628

Jusepe de Ribera

Associated Names
Jusepe de Ribera

Artist, Spanish, 1591 - 1652

This is a drawing of a scene with satyrs and a large wine vat. The scene shows a reclining figure surrounded by satyr-like creatures. One satyr is offering a cup, while another is drinking directly from the vat. A donkey's head on the right appears to be braying. The foreground includes grapevines and other mythical creatures. Details are finely etched in a classical style.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 27.3 × 35.1 cm (10 3/4 × 13 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1974.23.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Brown 1973, no. 14, State ii/iii

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1974

  • NGA Recent Acquisitions 1974, no. 103.

2018

  • Sense of Humor: Caricature, Satire, and the Comical in Prints and Drawings from Leonardo to the Present, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2018 - 2019.

Bibliography

1973

  • Brown, Jonathan. Jusepe de Ribera: Prints and Drawings. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1973.

Wikidata ID

Q65573249

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