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Description: | A reproduction produced by the Vasari Society of a drawing by Nicolas Poussin. The drawing is of a group of Bacchanalian revellers. The figures are in a sunlit outdoor space, with a tree in the foreground on the right and some trees on a hillside to the left. Most of the figures are naked and in a variety of positions, creating a sense of movement in the drawing. On the far left a man is carrying an object above his lead, and another figure is on horseback, flanked by two more people. Near the centre some figures appear to be dancing, and one is blowing into a long horn. A half-human half-beast figure is standing beneath the tree on the right, pouring some liquid from an urn for a woman reclining on the ground. A woman next to her is offering something to a child. Another child is lying down in the sunlight, and two horned figures are peering out from behind the tree trunk.
Text from the accompanying booklet produced by the Vasari Society:
"24.
NICOLAS POUSSIN
(b. 1594; d. 1665)
BACCHANAL
Collection of the Duke of Devonshire, K.G., Chatsworth. Pen and bistre and bistre wash, 19.6 x 27.5 cm. (7 3/4 x 10 13/6 in.).
A characteristic example of Poussin's boldness and simplicity in handling bistre wash and admirably showing the transparency which he achieves in his shadows. The composition is here, as in kindred subjects by Poussin, clearly derived from Titian's Bacchanals; but the drawing appears never to have been utilized for a finished picture.
T. B."
Technique: reproduction
Reproduction by the Vasari Society of a drawing by Nicolas Poussin, Bacchanal (1925.620). | Source: | Manchester City Galleries | Identifier: | mcag.emu.ecatalogue.104264 | Go to resource |
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