Bacchanal in Landschaft
undatiert
Medium
Öl auf Leinwand
Dimensions
76,5 × 102,5 cm
Classification
Gemälde
Department
Belvedere Collection
Museum
Belvedere
Credit
Belvedere, Vienna
Accession Number
SLM 701
Art Historical Context
Filippo Lauri's *Bacchanal in Landschaft*, an oil on canvas measuring 76.5 × 102.5 cm, the exuberant spirit of classical mythology in a lush landscape setting. This Baroque masterpiece from the Belvedere Collection in depicts a lively gathering of revelers—nymphs, satyrs, and bacchantes—immersed in Dionysian festivities, evoking the ancient Roman celebrations of Bacchus, the god of wine and ecstasy. Lauri, a 17th-century Italian painter by the Bolognese and artists like Domenichino, specialized in such mythological scenes blended with idealized natural backdrops. The painting exemplifies Baro...