Bacchic revel with Silenus in the centre riding a goat

Andrea Schiavone (Andrea Meldola)

ca. 1540–43 · Etching with plate tone · Drawings and Prints

In his prints as in his paintings, Schiavone combined elongated Mannerist forms derived from his study of Parmigianino with the tonal atmosphere characteristic of Venetian art. In this depiction of Silenus riding a goat in the company of a priapic satyr and an ecstatic bacchante, the indistinct contours of figures shaped by webs of hatching create a vibrant sense of movement.

Artist

Andrea Schiavone (Andrea Meldola)

Date

ca. 1540–43

Medium

Etching with plate tone

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1926