King Midas Feasting At The Arrival of Silenus

King Midas Feasting At The Arrival of Silenus by Peter Paul Rubens|Bernard Picart|Guglielmo della Porta

Medium

Pen and brown ink, brown wash, heightened with white (slightly oxidized) on blue paper

Dimensions

sheet: 6 5/16 x 10 13/16 in. (16 x 27.5 cm)

Classification

Drawings

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Bequest of Harry G. Sperling, 1971

Accession Number

1975.131.184

Tags

MenSilenusMidasHorses

About the Artist

Peter Paul Rubens|Bernard Picart|Guglielmo della Porta · 15771640

Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) stands as the most influential artist of the Flemish Baroque tradition and the greatest exponent of Baroque painting's dynamism, vitality, and sensuous exuberance. Born in Siegen, Westphalia, and raised in Antwerp, Rubens received a humanist education studying Latin and classical literature before pursuing artistic training under three masters: Tobias Verhaecht, Adam ...

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