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Small Bacchanal
Gerard de Lairesse (mentioned on object), 1685
De Lairesse here seems primarily interested in cautioning the viewer against the unpleasant consequences of abusing alcohol. Part of the company is roaring drunk. In the middle a woman, mouth open, sleeps off her hangover. Freely translated, the Latin text reads: ‘Night, love, and wine counsel no halfhearted measures. The first knoweth not shame, Bacchus and love know not fear.’
- Artwork typeprint
- Object numberRP-P-OB-67.796
- Dimensionsheight 346 mm x width 583 mm
- Physical characteristicsets