Arcadian Scene with Bacchus
Medium
Black and red chalk
Dimensions
sheet: 14 15/16 x 9 3/4 in. (38 x 24.7 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Renée Sacks Bequest and Harry G. Sperling Fund, 2006
Accession Number
2006.179
Tags
ChildrenMale NudesFemale NudesBacchus
About the Artist
Gerard de Lairesse · 1641–1711
Gerard de Lairesse (1641–1711) was a leading figure of the Dutch Golden Age, renowned as both a painter and art theorist whose classical ideals bridged the dramatic realism of Rembrandt with the refined elegance of French academism. Born on September 11, 1641, in Liège, he was the second son of the painter Renier de Lairesse (1597–1667). De Lairesse received his initial training under his father b...