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Object Type
Museum number: 1888,1217.5
Title: Object: Marche de Silene
Description: The Triumph of Silenus; the old man naked at centre and supported by two satyrs, another satyr kissing an elderly woman who carries a torch and a wine-jug, a Bacchante pressing grapes onto the god's chest at right, a flutist at far right, two children holding vine-branches in lower right; a goat's head added in lower left; Silenus covered with a drapery; after Peter Paul Rubens Engraving
Producer name: After: Peter Paul Rubens (studio); After: Anthony van Dyck (attributed); Print made by: Nicolas de Launay; Published by: Nicolas de Launay
School/style: Flemish; French
Production date: 1775-1778
Production place: Published in: Paris (France)
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Height: 413 millimetres; Width: 479 millimetres
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Curator's comments: After the painting attributed to Anthony van Dyck (with additions by Jan Wildens and Frans Snijders) and made in Rubens' studio (probably retouched by the master), now in the National Gallery, London, inv.no.853 (Rooses 680).
Bibliographic references: Schneevoogt 1873 / Catalogue des estampes gravées d'après P.P.Rubens (135.144); IFF / Inventaire du Fonds Français: Bibliothèque Nationale, Département des Estampes (148)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: classical mythology; drunkenness; satyr; classical deity
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Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1888
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1888,1217.5

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