Scene with Bacchantes

Loo, Jacob van (1614-1670)

Item type:

painting

Date of creation:

1653

Height:

63.0 cm  (24 13/16 in.)

Width:

55.5 cm  (21 7/8 in.)

Technique / Medium:

oil on canvas

Description

A bacchanalian orgy. In the background a bacchante plays a triangle having eight jingling rings.

Iconclass

48C7344(TRIANGLE)
92L1912
male bacchant(es)
92L1911
maenad(s), female bacchant(es)

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Triangle (with rings)

RIdIM images

Image URLs

image link 2

Bibliographic references

Berry, Mark. Index of triangle iconography (Bowling Green, Kentucky: Living Sound Publications, 2017).

RIdIM record id

7422

Data provider

Dr. Mark Berry