The Drunken Silenus holding a cup aloft into which a Satyr pours wine
Jusepe de Ribera (called Lo Spagnoletto) · 1628
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Jusepe de Ribera's "The Drunken Silenus holding a cup aloft into which a Satyr pours wine" is an etching and engraving created in 1628. The sheet measures 10 13/16 × 13 3/4 inches (27.4 × 35 cm) and is classified under Prints in the Drawings and Prints department. The work was a gift from Mrs. John Sichel in 1966 and is held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
The catalogue record does not provide information on the culture or provenance of this specific piece. There are no listed exhibitions or literature pertaining directly to this artwork within the supplied data.
Comparable holdings by Ribera include "Drunken Silenus" (1628) and "Silenus at the Wine Vat" (1628), both at the Art Institute of Chicago, suggesting a thematic interest in Silenus during this period. Other works by Ribera in comparable collections include several religious subjects like "Penitent Saint Peter" (c. 1630) and "St. Jerome Hearing the Trumpet of the Last Judgment" (1621).
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Related holdings by the same hand
Penitent Saint Peter
Art Institute of Chicago
Drunken Silenus
Art Institute of Chicago
Cupid Punishing a Satyr
Art Institute of Chicago
St. Jerome Hearing the Trumpet of the Last Judgment
Art Institute of Chicago
Saint Jerome Listening to the Trumpet of the Last Judgment
Art Institute of Chicago
Saint Peter in the Desert
Art Institute of Chicago
Silenus at the Wine Vat
Art Institute of Chicago
The Poet
Art Institute of Chicago
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