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SEBASTIANO RICCI (BELLUNO 1659-VENICE 1734)
Studies for the Feast of Silenus
c.1730-31RCIN 907024
Silenus was the drinking companion of Dionysus, Greek god of wine and festivities, and he was often portrayed as a drunken old man supported by satyrs or carried by a donkey. This rapid sketch for a painting of the Feast of Silenus is accompanied by studies of a female figure and Dionysus with a drinking cup.