The Indian Triumph of Bacchus

A dense engraved procession fills a colonnaded hall: an elephant bears a seated, draped figure at its center, surrounded by dancing revelers, satyr-like attendants, and a lion pulling at a sled-like cart. Two lions sprawl in the foreground, and a nude figure stands at the right edge beneath the arches.

Look closer: A small nude figure crouches among the cluttered foreground at the lower center, partly hidden by the lions.

Artist

Enea Vico

Date

ca. 1542

Medium

Engraving

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

3706 × 2518 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1949