The Offering to Bacchus (from a set of five Berain Grotesques)
Object type: Tapestry
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Culture: French, Beauvais
Artist: Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer|Philippe Béhagle|Beauvais|Jean Berain|Guy Louis Vernansal the Elder
Artist bio: French, Lille 1636–1699 London|French, 1641–1705| |French, Saint-Mihiel 1640–1711 Paris|French, Fontainebleau 1648–1729 Paris
Artist role: Designer|Workshop director|Manufactory|Artist|Designer
Artist nationality: French|French| |French|French
Date: designed ca. 1688, woven ca. 1690–1711
Medium: Wool, silk (21-27 warps per inch, 8-9 per cm.)
Dimensions: 9 ft. 7 in. × 80 in. (292.1 × 203.2 cm)
Classification: Textiles-Tapestries
Credit line: Gift of John M. Schiff, 1977
Accession year: 1977
Tags: Doves|Grotesques|Horns|Bacchus|Birds|Men|Flowers