The Triumph of Bacchus
Joseph Anton Koch
18th–19th century
Medium
Pen and brown ink, black chalk underdrawing
Dimensions
sheet: 11 x 7 1/16 in. (28 x 18 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Mary Oenslager Fund, 2006
Accession Number
2006.335
Tags
AnimalsMenWomenBacchusTrees
About the Artist
Joseph Anton Koch · 1768–1839
Joseph Anton Koch, born on July 27, 1768, in the remote Tyrolean village of Elbigenalp, Austria, grew up tending his family's sheep amid the dramatic Alpine landscapes that would later define his art. At age 15, Bishop Umgelder recommended him for formal training, leading to studies at the Catholic seminary in Dillingen, with a court sculptor in Augsburg, and finally at the prestigious Hohe Karlss...