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Bacchanal (drawing)
Silenus on the barrel, Bacchus at the right, everyone in between.
What
A full bacchanal in brown ink and white highlights: Silenus atop a barrel, maenads, satyrs, musicians, children and a goat under the trees.
Why
Cleveland suggests the drawing was a design for a fresco or painting for a dining room; it holds the sheet (1954.688), CC0.
Notice
The white gouache picks out the bodies against the warm paper.
“Rome’s elite liked to dine under a party bigger than their own.”
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 11x17" cleanly.
Size
$39.00
Honesty
ReproductionA faithful reproduction of a public-domain work. Source: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1954.688.
- Kind
- reproduction
- Artist
- Pietro da Cortona
- Era
- Rome, mid-1600s
- Source
- The Cleveland 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 Cleveland Museum of Art, 1954.688.
