Bacchus and Ariadne, with Silenus, Nymphs and Satyrs

Lafage, Raymond (1656-1684)


Item type:
drawing
Technique / Medium:
Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, over black chalk, on buff laid paper, laid down on cream laid paper

    Item location

  • Art Institute of Chicago
    [Museum inv. no.: 1966.24]

Description

Bacchus and Ariadne on the island of Naxos, with Silenus, nymphs and satyrs. One of the nymphs plays a wind instrument. In the background are dancers accompanied by at least one musician playing a wind instrument.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Aerophone [4310]

RIdIM images


Image URLs

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Bibliographic references

Owens, Margareth Boyer. Art Institute of Chicago. RIdIM/RCMI inventory of music iconography, no. 2. Edited by Terence Ford (New York: Research Center for Musical Iconography, 1987) 3 (51dr72). RILM 1988-275.

RIdIM record id

2023