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Silenus with the Infant Bacchus

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Silenus with the Infant Bacchus

Artist: (Italian, ca. 1756 - 1810)
Culture: Italian
Date: 1786
Medium: Etching on paper
Dimensions:
sheet: 25 1/4 × 17 15/16 in. (64.1 × 45.6 cm)
Credit Line: San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Merribell Maddux Parsons in honor of Dr. Jessica Powers
Object number: 2016.32.3
Inscribed: Inscribed, bottom center: Sileno educatore di Bacco conosciuto volgarmente sotto Ia denominazione / di Saturno. Statua maggiore del naturale nella Villa Borghese / Al Sig:r Guglielmo Geary Cavaliere Inglese / GrandAmatore delle belle Arti Inscribed and dated, lower right: Fran:co Piranesi incis.re di S. M. il Re di Polonia 1784 Inscribed, lower left: B:to Gagnerau disegno
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