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Description: | RH inscr. in ink v. "[] 2.30" CRE MANTEGNA, Andrea; (Italian; 1431-1506) This engraving is closely linked to the 'Bacchanal with a Wine Vat' (GLAHA 2879), and it is probable that the two were meant to exist together either as a frieze or pendants. They are similar in format, size and technique, and the satyr in Bacchanal with the Wine Vat stands in the same pool of wine as the man carrying the woman in this image. The frieze-like composition, and style of execution suggest parallels with ?The Battle of the Sea Gods? (GLAHA 3477 and 3478) which is thought to have been executed at a similar period in Mantegna?s life (1470s). Mantegna tended to treat figures from classical literature as moralising allegories, and this approach can be seen in both engravings. The Bacchanals form indictments of drunkenness, lust and sloth, and the subject was probably devised by the artist himself, or one of his humanist acquaintances. | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | FIGURE : CLASSICAL : MYTHOLOGY : MUSIC : DRINK : GOD : BACCHANAL : SILENUS : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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