Bacchanalia
by ROSI, Alessandro, Oil on canvas, 67 x 90 cm
“Bacchanalia” was a popular theme in 17th-century painting. Traditionally a festival in celebration of the Greco-Roman god Bacchus (or Dionysus) the term by this time was used to describe in general any drunken gathering.
Rosi was a student of Cesare Dandini whose influence can be seen in the musculature, drapery and lighting of his composition.