CARRACCI, Annibale
(b. 1560, Bologna, d. 1609, Roma)

Triumph of Bacchus and Ariadne (detail)

1597-1602
Fresco
Galleria Farnese, Palazzo Farnese, Rome

The right side of the large central scene depicts the drunken Silenus on his donkey, surrounded by a number of supremely earthbound figures.




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