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A Bacchanal; Silenus supported by two bacchants in the center, at left a female satyr reclining on a bed and another holding onto the horns on a statue of Priapus while she tries to impale herself on his phallus, with various other figures

ca. 1510–13
Not on view
For discussion of this print, its dating and relationship to another version of the print by Marcantonio or an assistant, see James Grantham Turner, 'Marcantonio's Raimondi's Bacchanals: New Findings', Print Quarterly, 2017, vol. XXXIV, pp.259-69. This print is the first version. For the second version see 17.50.92.

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  • Title: A Bacchanal; Silenus supported by two bacchants in the center, at left a female satyr reclining on a bed and another holding onto the horns on a statue of Priapus while she tries to impale herself on his phallus, with various other figures
  • Artist: Marcantonio Raimondi (Italian, Argini (?) ca. 1480–before 1534 Bologna (?))
  • Date: ca. 1510–13
  • Medium: Engraving
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 5 11/16 × 19 15/16 in. (14.5 × 50.7 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Gift of Henry Walters, 1917
  • Object Number: 17.37.158
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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