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Six nymphs and two putti, from "Bacchanals and Histories" was created by Francesco Fontebasso in 1744.

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Six nymphs and two putti, from "Bacchanals and Histories"

Francesco Fontebasso

1744

Medium

Etching

Dimensions

Plate: 11 1/8 × 15 11/16 in. (28.3 × 39.8 cm) Sheet: 11 5/16 × 15 13/16 in. (28.8 × 40.1 cm)

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1970

Accession Number

1970.683.3

Art Historical Context

In the lively etching *Six Nymphs and Two Putti*, from Francesco Fontebasso's series *Bacchanals and Histories* (1744), visitors encounter the exuberant spirit of Venetian Rococo art. Fontebasso, a prominent 18th-century Italian painter printmaker active in Venice, drew inspiration from the dramatic, playful style of Giovanni Battista Tiepolo. Created during Venice's golden age of decorative arts, this work captures the era's fascination with mythological revelry, evoking the joyous abandon of Bacchanalian feasts dedicated to the god Dionysus (Bacchus). The scene bursts with six graceful nymp...

About the Artist

Francesco Fontebasso · 1707–1769

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Six nymphs and two putti, from "Bacchanals and Histories"

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