Le Triomphe de Silène (c.1636)

Poussin, Nicolas (1594-1665)

Le Triomphe de Silène (The Triumph of Silenus)
c.1636
Oil on canvas, 142.9 × 120.5 cm
National GalleryLondon

This was one of three bacchanalian scenes Poussin painted for the powerful French minister, Cardinal de Richelieu (1585–1642).

See also:

• Richelieu, Armand Jean du Plessis de (1585-1642)