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King Midas Feasting At The Arrival of Silenus

Circle of Bernard Picart French
After Guglielmo della Porta Italian
Former Attribution Peter Paul Rubens Flemish
late 17th–early 18th century
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: King Midas Feasting At The Arrival of Silenus
  • Artist: Circle of Bernard Picart (French, Paris 1673–1733 Amsterdam) (?)
  • Artist: After Guglielmo della Porta (Italian, Porlezza, near Lake Lugano ca. 1500–1577 Rome)
  • Former Attribution: Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, Siegen 1577–1640 Antwerp)
  • Date: late 17th–early 18th century
  • Medium: Pen and brown ink, brown wash, heightened with white (slightly oxidized) on blue paper
  • Dimensions: sheet: 6 5/16 x 10 13/16 in. (16 x 27.5 cm)
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: Bequest of Harry G. Sperling, 1971
  • Object Number: 1975.131.184
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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