H 153 cm, W 122 cm
Oil painting on canvas depicting the "triumph of Silenus" where Silenus, the best known of the satyrs and a great drunkard, staggers while trying to ride a tiger; he is surrounded by satyrs and satyresses engaged in a frenetic dance and two of them, on the right, imitate Silenus trying to ride a goat and a donkey.
Expertise Attr. Giovanbattista Bolognini (Bologna 1612-1688)
Sizes
H 153 cm, W 122 cm.
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