Bacchanal with a Wine Vat

Andrea Mantegna · Italian

Date: Before 1475

Medium: Engraving and drypoint

Dimensions: Sheet: 11 3/4 x 17 3/16in. (29.9 x 43.7cm)

Classification: Prints

Themes: Drinking, Drunkenness, Fauns, Male Nudes, Wine

Purchase, Rogers Fund, The Charles Engelhard Foundation Gift, and The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1986

Met highlight

Date range

1475 – 1475

Largest dimension

43.7 cm

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