The Drunken Silenus
1628, printed c. 1933-1934
Medium
etching and engraving printed in brown on heavy wove paper [restrike printed by the Regia Calcografia, Rome]
Dimensions
plate: 27.6 x 35.6 cm (10 7/8 x 14 in.) sheet: 46.2 x 62.1 cm (18 3/16 x 24 7/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Transferred from The Library of Congress
Accession Number
1986.50.7
About the Artist
Jusepe de Ribera · 1590–1652
Ribera is considered one of the most important figures in European painting in the 17th century and the Counter-Reformation. He was Spanish, but spent nearly his entire career in Italy. He was initially influenced by followers of Caravaggio who were active in Rome; he later incorporated stylistic innovations of Venice and Flanders in his own highly personal compositions.