Bacchanal
ca. 1635–36
Medium
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over faint black chalk underdrawing
Dimensions
5 1/4 x 8 1/8 in. (13.3 x 20.6 cm.)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, David T. Schiff Gift, 1998
Accession Number
1998.225
Tags
About the Artist
Nicolas Poussin · 1594–1665
Nicolas Poussin, born in June 1594 near Les Andelys in Normandy, emerged from a family of local distinction whose modest means and parental opposition could not deter his artistic calling. He received his initial training under the itinerant painter Quentin Varin in Rouen around 1611–12, absorbing lessons in storytelling, precise facial expressions, and rich colors, though without a formal long-te...