The Drunken Silenus
Annibale Carracci
1560–1609
Medium
Engraving on Silver
Dimensions
9 1/4 x 9 1/8in. (23.5 x 23.2cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Selden Gift, 1972
Accession Number
1972.234
Tags
Male NudesSilenusDrinking
About the Artist
Annibale Carracci · 1560–1609
Annibale was considered one of the greatest Italian painters of his age. His style is marked by naturalism combined with the formal language of Classicism in a grand and monumental style. Annibale was also instrumental in evolving the ideal, classical landscape and is generally credited with the invention of caricature. Italian painter. Comment on works: Mythology.