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Panthers of Bacchus Eating Grapes

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Panthers of Bacchus Eating Grapes

Alexandre François Desportes

ca. 1719–20

Medium

Oil on paper, laid down on card (paste-paper)

Tags

Panthers Birds Grapes Vines

Dimensions

13 5/8 x 6 3/4 in. (34.6 x 17.1 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1906

Classification

Pastels & Oil Sketches on Paper

Department

European Paintings

Rights

Public Domain

About Alexandre François Desportes

1661–1743 • France

Known for his paintings of dogs, game, and emblems of the chase. Although he continued the lavish Flemish tradition, he was among the first 18th-century artists to paint landscape studies from nature, and for this reason he was considered eccentric. John III of Poland and Louis XIV of France were patrons. Comment on works: Portraits; Hunting scenes; Animals; Still life

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