Bacchanal with Silenus; a frieze composition with ten figures around Silenus who is carried by two satyrs, early 1470s, Engraving with drypoint, Sheet: 12 in. × 17 1/4 in. (30.5 × 43.8 cm), Prints, Andrea Mantegna (Italian, Isola di Carturo 1430/31–1506 Mantua), While the precise meaning of Mantegna's Bacchanals has eluded scholars, the most decisive event occurring in each is a coronation—an act that, by Mantegna's time, was often linked with the recognition of poetic gifts
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Bacchanal, Silenus, frieze composition, ten figures, carried, two satyrs, early 1470s, Engraving, drypoint, Sheet, 12, 17 1/4, 30.5, 43.8 cm, Prints, Andrea Mantegna, Italian, Isola di Carturo, 1430/31–1506, Mantua, precise meaning, Mantegna, Bacchanals, eluded scholars, decisive event occurring, coronation— act, time, linked, recognition, poetic gifts
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