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 by Marcantonio Raimondi
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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

Marcantonio Raimondi · ca. 1510–13

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"A Bacchanal" is an engraving by Marcantonio Raimondi, created between approximately 1510–13. The work depicts Silenus supported by two bacchants in the center, a female satyr reclining on a bed at left, and another female satyr holding onto the horns of a Priapus statue while attempting to impale herself on his phallus, alongside various other figures. The sheet measures 5 11/16 × 19 15/16 inches (14.5 × 50.7 cm) and was a gift of Henry Walters in 1917 to The Metropolitan Museum of Art, where it is classified under Prints in the Drawings and Prints department.

Marcantonio Raimondi (1480–1534) was a 16th-century Italian engraver and printmaker. No nationality is specified in the provided artist authority record. Other comparable works by Raimondi held at The Metropolitan Museum of Art include "The Judgment of Paris" (ca. 1510–20), "Adam and Eve" (ca. 1512–14), and "Mars seated at the left" (1508).

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