Mythology & Putti
MICHEL OLIVIER LEBAS (1783-1843)
The Triumph of Bacchus
published 1803Etching | 19.4 x 25.5 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851813
An outline-etching reproducing the composition of an engraving by Giorgio Ghisi (Bartsch XV, p.403, no.46). The latter is based on a drawing by Perino del Vaga currently in the Musée du Louvre, Paris (inv. no.593). The present print credits Raphael as the inventor of the composition. Lettered with titles and production details. Published in C.P. Landon, 'Vie et Œuvre complète de Raphaël Sanzio', 1803, plate 376.
Creator(s)
Michel Olivier Lebas (1783-1843) (etcher)
After Giorgio Ghisi (1520-82) (engraver)
After Perino del Vaga (Florence 1501-Rome 1547) (designer)
19.4 x 25.5 cm (sheet of paper)
Marche de Bacchus et de Silène. / March des Bacchus und des Silen. / March of Bacchus and Silenus.
- Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
Subject(s)
- Language, Linguistics and Literature
- Literature
- Fiction
- Tales & legends
- Myths
- Tales & legends
- Fiction
- Literature
- Religion & Theology
- Religions and faiths
- Religions of antiquity
- Classical mythology
- Dionysus
- Classical mythology
- Religions of antiquity
- Religions and faiths
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Agriculture and related techniques
- Horticulture
- Grapes
- Horticulture
- Agriculture and related techniques
- Language, Linguistics and Literature
Bibliographic reference(s)
pp.86-7, no.98 (Bacou 1984 : Bacou, R. Autour de Raphaël. Dessins et peintures du Musée du Louvre, 1984)
