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The Triumph of Bacchus
The god’s procession, painted in grisaille to look like carved stone.
What
The Bacchic procession as a relief in paint — a grisaille panel that mimics carved marble, the whole retinue of the wine-god in a frieze.
Why
An 18th-century decorative conceit: paint pretending to be stone, so the party could run around a whole room. A faithful reproduction of a public-domain painting at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Notice
Look how the flat grey pretends to have depth — the painter carving with light alone.
“Every age wants its revels cut into something permanent.”
Format
The full-resolution, colour-managed file — yours to print and keep. Editions ship with their certificate.
Sized to protect print quality — this scan's resolution doesn't clear our floor for a physical print, so this piece is offered as a digital download only.
Size
$39.00
Honesty
ReproductionA faithful reproduction of a public-domain work. Source: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 07.225.272.
- Kind
- reproduction
- Artist
- Piat Joseph Sauvage
- Era
- France, early 1780s
- Source
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Rights: CLEAR. Public domain — U.S. 95-year rule (source published 1930 or earlier). Cleared by open-access-registrar on 2026-07-18. The Metropolitan Museum of Art — public-domain / open-access. isPublicDomain:true; accession 07.225.272; direct-fetch confirmed 2026-07-18.
