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Midas and Bacchus
King Midas kneels to ask the wine god for his golden wish.
What
Midas kneels in a blue cloak before a standing Bacchus while Silenus and a nymph lie asleep on the grass and a goat wanders in.
Why
Painted about 1624, now in the Alte Pinakothek, Munich (Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen).
Notice
The sleepers in front never notice the bargain being struck above them.
“Be careful what you ask for from a god who is in a good mood.”
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: Alte Pinakothek, Munich.
- Kind
- reproduction
- Artist
- Nicolas Poussin
- Era
- Rome, c. 1624
- Source
- Alte Pinakothek, Munich
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 PD-art, read on the Wikimedia Commons file record on 2026-11-01. Held by Alte Pinakothek, Munich.
