Sheet from a Sketchbook: The Triumph of Silenus; Sacrifice to Bacchus
date: label: Date
content: 1800–1810
name: label: Artist
content: Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823
notes: label: Description
content: Upper image. Silenus, supported by a Maenad, rides upon a donkey. He holds a bowl to his lips with his left hand and a pitcher in his right. He is accompanied by young satyrs. An elephant is shown in the rear.
label: Description
content: Lower image: A priest sacrifices wine at right. A woman in flowing robes leads a goat with her right hand and offers a dish laden with fruit and grapes with her left. She is accompanied by two young satyrs carrying a large pitcher. A temple and satyr herm are visible in the shadows.
place: label: made in
content: Italy
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Museum purchase through gift of various donors
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1901-39-3358
objectType: label: Type
content: figures
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, traces of graphite on cream laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 3.1 x 22.7 cm (12 5/8 x 8 15/16 in.