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1901

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Drawing, Three Bacchus Subjects: Bacchus Worshipped: Bacchus Marries Ariadne; Triumph of Bacchus

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Felice Giani. It is dated 1800 and we acquired it in 1901. Its medium is pen and brown ink, brush and sepia wash over traces of graphite on laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase through gift of various donors.

Its dimensions are

13.3 x 39.2 cm (5 1/4 x 15 7/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed: sacrificio di Diana; ninfa di Diana (repeated twice).

Cite this object as

Drawing, Three Bacchus Subjects: Bacchus Worshipped: Bacchus Marries Ariadne; Triumph of Bacchus; Designed by Felice Giani (Italian, 1758–1823); Italy; pen and brown ink, brush and sepia wash over traces of graphite on laid paper; 13.3 x 39.2 cm (5 1/4 x 15 7/16 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors; 1901-39-3315

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