A bacchante, a garland on her head, and playing cymbals, set against a black background inside a rectangular frame
1795–1820
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
Plate: 12 15/16 × 10 3/16 in. (32.8 × 25.9 cm) Sheet: 16 5/16 × 12 3/8 in. (41.5 × 31.4 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Mrs. Hubbard, 1941
Accession Number
41.141.12
Tags
Art Historical Context
This enchanting engraving, titled *A Bacchante, a Garland on Her Head, and Playing Cals*, captures the wild spirit of classical mythology. Created between 1795 and 1820 by Italian engravers Agapito Franzetti andysio Cunego, it depicts a joyful bacchante—a female devotee of Bacchus, the Roman god of wine revelry—adorned with a floral garland and animatedly clashing cymbals. dramatically against a stark black background a rectangular frame, the composition draws the eye to her ecstatic expression and dynamic pose, evoking the Dionysian rites of ancient Greece and Rome. Engravings like this one ...
About the Artist
Agapito Franzetti|Aloysio Cunego (French|Italian) · 1768 |1750 –1830 |1850
French, Franche-Comté 1768–after 1830|Italian, active Rome, last quarter 18th century–first quarter 19th century