Silhouetted Study of Bacchus in a Niche

Giovanni Larciani ("Master of the Kress Landscapes")

18th century · Pen and gray ink, brush with gray and pale brown wash, highlighted with white gouache, over black chalk, on cream paper. Figure cut out along contours and pasted onto a drawn niche with an arched top (in brush and gray wash, over graphite or lead) on beige paper · Drawings and Prints

Artist

Giovanni Larciani ("Master of the Kress Landscapes")

Date

18th century

Medium

Pen and gray ink, brush with gray and pale brown wash, highlighted with white gouache, over black chalk, on cream paper. Figure cut out along contours and pasted onto a drawn niche with an arched top (in brush and gray wash, over graphite or lead) on beige paper

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1961