A Bacchanal
Artist
Alessandro Magnasco
(Italian, 1667 – 1749)
Dateca. 1730-1735
MediumOil on paper mounted on wood panel
DimensionsImage: 13 x 18 3/8 in. (33 x 46.7 cm)
Frame: 19 3/4 × 25 1/16 × 2 3/8 in. (50.2 × 63.7 × 6.1 cm)
Frame: 19 3/4 × 25 1/16 × 2 3/8 in. (50.2 × 63.7 × 6.1 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineMuseum purchase, 1962
Object numberSN745
Magnasco was virtually forgotten after his death, since he had no real followers, and made almost no art for public locations. In the early 20th century, his work was rediscovered, as his fantastic, visionary style seemed more in line with modern artistic sensibilities. This and another work, clearly a pair, are small oil sketches for larger, more finished paintings. They exhibit the overall intensity of Magnasco’s best work, as well as his typical dark backgrounds enlivened by agitated strokes of color for figures and details.
On View
On viewLocation
- Museum of Art, Gallery 18, Wall South
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