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Five Putti Playing with a Goat (Bacchanalia)

Carlo Cignani

ca. 1690–95

Medium

Red chalk

Tags

PlayingGoats

Dimensions

6 3/4 x 10 11/16in. (17.1 x 27.1cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Pfeiffer Fund, 1964

Classification

Drawings

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About Carlo Cignani

1628–1719 • Papal States

Painter who continued the tradition of Bolognese classicism into the 18th century. He became the first president of the Accademia Clementina in 1711. His style is similar to that of Guido Reni. Comment on works: Mythology; Religious.

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