People of Andros enjoying the pleasure of wine. Etching by or after G.A. Podestà after Titian.
- Titian, approximately 1488-1576.
- Date:
- [between 1600 and 1699]
- Reference:
- 3162916i
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"The scene is set on the island of Andros, a place so favoured by Bacchus that a stream flows with wine. Gods, men and children unite in the celebration of the effects of wine, whose consumption, in Philostratus' words, makes men rich, dominant, generous to their friends, handsome and four cubits high. ... Titian ...included figures that are not mentioned by Philostratus but which are appropriate to a Bacchic context, such as the nymph asleep in the lower right-hand corner or the urinating boy (a representation of laughter), and others wearing contemporary dress. These artistic liberties have made it difficult to identify some of the figures, particularly the old man who lies exhausted in the background, probably a personification of the river god, as described by Philostratus: 'The river, seized with great agitation, lies on a bed of branches.'"--online catalogue of the Prado, May 2019
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Location Status Access Closed stores- impression with drapery drawn on the naked sleeping nymph
Location Status Access Closed stores