Drunken Silenus
Drunken Silenus

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Drunken Silenus,

1628

Jusepe de Ribera, 1591–1652; born Xàtiva, Spain; died Naples, Italy; active Naples and Rome, Italy
2017-139

Information

Title
Drunken Silenus
Dates

1628

Maker
Jusepe de Ribera
Medium
Etching and engraving
Dimensions
sheet trimmed to plate: 27.3 × 34.8 cm (10 3/4 × 13 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Jonathan M. Brown, Graduate School Class of 1964
Object Number
2017-139
Place Made

Europe, Italy, Naples

Signatures
Signed and dated in plate, lower right: Joseph a Ribera Hisp. Valenti / Setaben .f. Partenope / 1628
Reference Numbers
B.13; Brown 1973, 14, 1/III; Brown 1989, no. 14, I/III
Culture
European, Spanish
Type
etchings, prints
Materials
ink, paper (fiber product)
Techniques
engraving (printing process), etching (printing process)
Subject
wineskins, figures (representations), satyrs, infants, donkeys, men

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