
The Spanish Baroque artist Ribera may have known several of the other bacchanal prints on view nearby, including those by Andrea Mantegna (1956.1010 and .1011); this earthy depiction of Dionysos’s fleshy, frequently inebriated follower closely resembles the scene within the grape-arbored roundel of Annibale Carracci’s Tazza Farnese (1989.172). Pan, with his pipes set aside, crowns Silenos with a wreath of grapevines, tendrils of which also cover his pubic area. Children have passed out from the wine fumes, and Apollo looks on derisively as a donkey seemingly lifts its head in mirth at the proceedings.

St. Jerome Hearing the Trumpet of the Last Judgment
Jusepe de Ribera Spanish, 1591-1652

A Group of Figures
Jusepe de Ribera Spanish, 1591-1652

Untitled (Caricature)
possibly by Salvator Rosa (Italian, 1615-1673) possibly by Jusepe de Ribera (Spanish, 1591-1652)

The Penitent St. Peter
Jusepe de Ribera Spanish, active in Italy, 1591-1652