Bacchic revelry (relief of satyrs and maenads); "Egyptianizing" pedestal and stele

Fragonard, Jean-Honoré (1732-1806)

Item type:

drawing

Date of creation:

18th century

Height:

23.3 cm  (9 3/16 in.)

Width:

18.7 cm  (7 3/8 in.)

Technique / Medium:

black chalk on off-white antique laid paper

Description

Album page includes a drawing of a group of four maenads and a satyr dancing, holding hands raised aloft, around a figure of Bacchus; scene presented as a sketch for an architectural relief which may or may not be related to the pedestal and stele designs sketched on the same page.

Iconclass

92L41
satyr(s) in general
92L1912
male bacchant(es)
92L1911
maenad(s), female bacchant(es)
43C94
group dancing

RIdIM images

Image URLs

image link 1

RIdIM record id

5783