Triumph of Silenus and Triumph of Bacchus and Ariadne, pen and brown wash sketch

Two framed scenes in brown ink and wash on cream paper. The upper scene shows a bearded, heavyset figure reclining on a chariot pulled by a goat, with a companion and a satyr-like figure beside him. The lower scene shows a seated, crowned couple with a leopard-like animal, a draped female figure pointing upward, and an urn at the side.

Artist

Felice Giani

Date

1800–1802

Medium

Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash over traces of graphite on cream laid paper

Source

Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)

Size

823 × 1280 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum