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Object Type
Museum number: 1908,0414.28
Title: Object: La Gayeté de Silène (Silenus's Drunkenness)
Description: In a grotto, Silenus lying naked on a rock covered with animal skin, with naked nymph and satyr supporting him; in an oval frame surmounted by a garland of grapes, and bas-relief with Dionysian procession at the bottom. c.1791 Engraving and etching
Producer name: Print made by: Nicolas de Launay; After: Nicolas Bertin; Published by: Nicolas de Launay
School/style
Production date: 1791
Production place: Published in: Paris (France)
Materials
Technique: engraving; etching
Dimensions: Height: 302 millimetres; Width: 345 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: A pair to 1908-4-14-27; the plate was shown at the Salon in 1791.
Bibliographic references
Location: Not on display
Subjects: drunkenness; classical mythology; satyr; classical deity
Associated names
Acquisition name
Previous owner
Acquisition date: 1908
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1908,0414.28

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