Silenus drunk with a following of bacchantes and satyrs

Dyck, Anthony van (1599-1641)

Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) (attributed to)


Item type:
painting
Height:
123.0 cm  (48 7/16 in.)
Width:
137.0 cm  (53 15/16 in.)
Technique / Medium:
oil on canvas

    Item location

  • Musiksammlung des Grafen von Schönborn-Wiesentheid
    [Museum inv. no.: inv.483a]Museum catalog number listed on the RIDIM card is cat.160.

Description

Man playing recorder.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Recorder [4039] (Sharply conical; Pseudo: played in double-aulos fashion)
Recorder [4039] (Sharply conical; Pseudo: played in double-aulos fashion)

Image URLs

image link 1
Rubens' initial painting: "Drunken Silenus Supported by Satyrs" from the National Gallery, London.

Bibliographic references

Leppert, Richard D. The theme of music in Flemish paintings of the seventeenth century (München-Salzburg: Musikverlag Emil Katzbichler, 1977) vol. 2, 46, cat.190, pl. LXXXV.

Notes

It is thought that this could be a Flemish-school copy after "Drunken Silenus Supported by Satyrs" by Rubens in the National Gallery, London. It is also noted that some scholars believe that the original "Drunken Silenus Supported by Satyrs" is wrongly attributed to Rubens and is actually by Van Dyck.

RIdIM record id

659