Bacchante Playing The Basque Drum, 18th Century Engraving By Domenico Del Frate And Vincenzo Feoli

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, British Museum and Victoria & Albert Museum, London
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
DOMENICO DEL FRATTE DEL(INEAVIT).
VINCENZO FEOLI INC(ISE).
This engraving in burin and etching, published by Agapito Franzetti in Rome, was engraved by the burinist Vincenzo Feoli after a drawing by the painter and draughtsman Domenico Del Frate.
This print, number 2, is part of a series depicting the dancers of Pompeii. These dancers or bacchantes were originally depicted in frescoes that adorned a villa in Pompeii, not in Herculaneum, as the inscription "Baccante dell Ercolano" might suggest. "Ercolano" here refers to the gateway to Herculaneum, the Pompeian site of Cicero's villa, where the frescoes adorned the walls.
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 National Archaeological Museum in Naples.
This chisel engraving depicts a tympanistria playing the tympanum (or Basque drum), which was used to worship Bacchus. It is a classic figure from the ancient period that was widely adopted in the Neoclassical period.
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