Sileno Educatore di Bacco
1850
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
About the artist
1850
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Sileno Educatore di Bacco is a 1850 by Francesco Piranesi, depicting Putto, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This print shows a muscular, bearded man holding a small naked child. The man stands barefoot on a rocky base, one arm wrapped around the child’s waist while the other arm holds a cloth. The child looks up at him, and both figures are drawn in a simple, shadowy style. The text at the bottom names this a "Sileno," a mythological teacher figure from ancient stories. The artist, Piranesi, made this as a print, not a painting. Look up Piranesi, Francesco to see more of his dramatic etchings.
The print titled *Sileno Educatore di Bacco* by Francesco Piranesi is part of the series *Choix des Meilleures Statues Antiques* and depicts an antique statue on paper.
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