Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) Los borrachos, o El triunfo de Baco (Drunks, or The Triumph of Bacchus) 1778 Etching, drypoint, 39.5 x 46.5 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Inscription: “Pintura de Don Diego Velázquez con figuras del tamaño natural en el…
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Bacco e Arianna (Bacchus and Ariadne) 1520–1523 Oil on canvas, 176.5 x 191 cm National Gallery, London Titian’s Bacchus and Ariadne is one of the finest and most famous paintings in the National Gallery. The Cretan princess Ariadne has…
Poussin, Nicolas (1594-1665) Le Triomphe de Silène (The Triumph of Silenus) c.1636 Oil on canvas, 142.9 × 120.5 cm National Gallery, London This playful scene celebrates Silenus, companion to Bacchus, the Roman god of wine and drunkenness. Silenus, a naked old…
Lotto, Lorenzo (1480-1557) Allegoria della Virtù e del Vizio (Allegory of Virtue and Vice) 1505 Oil on panel, 56.5 x 42.2 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Set on a strip of land under a cloud-filled sky and in front of…
Uccello, Paolo (1397-1475) Sacrificio ed Ebbrezza di Noè (Sacrifice and Drunkenness of Noah) 1436–1440 Fresco transferred to canvas, 277 x 540 cm Santa Maria Novella, Firenze This fresco is the lower part of the “Scenes from the Life of Noah“. The lunette…
Uccello, Paolo (1397-1475) Storie di Noè (Scenes from the Life of Noah) 1436–1440 Fresco transferred to canvas Santa Maria Novella, Firenze The upper work is the lunette “The Flood and the Waters Receding“. Below is a rectangular work showing “The Sacrifice…
Ghiberti, Lorenzo (1378-1455) Noè (Noah) 1425–1452 Gilt bronze Battistero di San Giovanni, Firenze This is the third panel of the Gates of Paradise, with the story of Noah. See also: Ghiberti, Lorenzo (1378-1455) Porta del Paradiso 1425–1452 Battistero di San Giovanni, Firenze
Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) Sileno che raccoglie l’uva (Silenus gathering Grapes) 1597–1600 Oil and egg on wood, 54.5 x 88.5 cm National Gallery, London Using an animal skin, two laughing satyrs with pointed ears and short tails – although without the usual hairy…
Velázquez, Diego (1599-1660) Los borrachos, o El triunfo de Baco (The Drunkards, or The Triumph of Bacchus) 1628–1629 Oil on canvas, 165 x 225 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Documentation of payment received by Velázquez in July 1629 for an…