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The Drunken Silenus, Supported by a Satyr and a Faun
Silenus walked home by two friends, cut in copper.
What
The heavy old Silenus staggers forward between a satyr and a faun who hold him up, his head sunk on his chest.
Why
Bolswert engraved Rubens’s design between 1625 and 1659; The Metropolitan Museum of Art holds this impression, second state of three (47.100.246), CC0.
Notice
Read the Latin verses engraved under the image: the print came with its own moral.
“Every revel ends with someone carried home.”
Format
The full-resolution, colour-managed file — yours to print and keep. Editions ship with their certificate.
Sized to protect print quality — this source supports sizes up to 18x24" cleanly.
Size
$39.00
Honesty
ReproductionA faithful reproduction of a public-domain work. Source: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 47.100.246.
- Kind
- reproduction
- Artist
- Schelte Adamsz. Bolswert after Peter Paul Rubens
- Era
- Antwerp, 1625 to 1659
- Source
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Rights: CLEAR. Public domain — U.S. 95-year rule (source published 1930 or earlier). Cleared by open-access-registrar on 2026-11-01. Licence tag cc-zero, read on the Wikimedia Commons file record on 2026-11-01. Held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 47.100.246.
