Bachanalia

Title

Bachanalia

Draughtsman

• Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich

Period Produced

• 18th century

School

• Baroque

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• graphite?
• Vergé paper
• handmade paper

Technique

• pen drawing
• brush drawing
• pencil drawing
• graphite drawing?

Geographic Reference

• German

Production Reason

• composition study

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Signiert unten rechts (mit grauem Stift): Die[... unleserlich]

Captions Added Later

Verso Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356)

Watermark

• Nicht geprüft

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Genre

• historical narration
• mythological representation

Primary

• 92L1791 bacchanal: Bacchus with his wine-flushed train (thiasos)
• 92L1911 maenad(s), female bacchant(es)
• 92L411 satyr(s) (in general) - early life, prime youth
• 92B5722(BACCHUS) other hybrid forms in the shape of a pillar (BACCHUS)

Secondary

• 48CC73411 tambourine - CC - out of doors