Bacchante Playing Cymbals, 18th Century Rare Engraving By Aloyso Cunego

DATE OF PRODUCTION: circa 1795- 1820
SIZE ON SHEET : 50 x 37 cm / 19,68 x 14,56 in.
DIMENSIONS OF THE PLANCH: 34 x 25 cm / 13,38 x 9,84 in.
PROVENANCE: private collection acquired at auction
MUSEUM REFERENCES: Similar prints in the Metropolitan Museum of Art
CONDITIONS: good general condition - restoration by an approved professional (dust removal, mould treatment, pH control, etc.) - sold unframed can be framed with museum-quality conservation mat and backing board and a stick of your choice
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PRINT DEPICTING, SURROUNDED BY A FRIEZE, A HALF-NAKED BACCHANTE DANCING AND PLAYING A BASQUE DRUM.
BEARS THE INSCRIPTION :
BACCANTE DELL ERCOLANO IN ROMA PRESSO AGAPITO FRANZETTI AL.CORSO LUIGI CUNEGO INC(ISE)

This engraving in burin and etching, published by Agapito Franzetti in Rome, was engraved by Luigi Cunego.
The print, number 5, is part of a series depicting the dancers of Pompeii. These dancers, or bacchae, were originally depicted in frescoes that adorned a villa in Pompeii, not Herculaneum, as the inscription "Baccante dell Ercolano" might suggest. These frescoes became famous when they were discovered in Pompeii during the excavation of the Villa of Cicero in 1759, and are now housed in the Naples Archaeological Museum. "Ercolano" here refers to the gateway to Herculaneum, the Pompeian site of Cicero's villa, where they adorned the walls.
This chisel engraving depicts a cymbalistria dancing and playing cymbals as part of a cult to Bacchus. For more information, visit nos collections - Galerie Theophanos