Silenus

Figure in Greek mythology; tutor to Dionysus

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Images from the collections

Images featuring Silenus

11 images from works
  • A marble vase sculpted with bacchic revels. Etching by G.B. Piranesi, ca. 1770.
  • Silenus, holding grapes and crowned with vines, flanked by a maenad and a faun. Engraving by C. Faucci, c. 1768, after G. B. Cipriani after P. Rubens.
  • Bacchus and Ariadne on a chariot accompanied by bacchants, Silenus etc. Etching by P. Aquila after Annibale Carracci.
  • The love of divinity and wisdom and its effects on shameful love and indulgence. Engraving after Pietro da Cortona.
  • Silenus in a drunken sleep with satyrs and the naiad Aegle. Engraving by G. Vascellini after A. Fedi.
  • A drunken Silenus being helped to the base of a tree where lie female satyrs with their young. Etching by P. Soutman after P. P. Rubens.
  • Bacchus carried on a chariot pulled by leopards, accompanied by a drunken procession of bacchants and satyrs, with Silenus and two elephants. Etching by P. Aquila after P. Berrettini da Cortona, 16--.
  • Silenus holding the infant Bacchus. Crayon manner print by J.F. Cazenave after Eugène Bourgeois.
  • A bacchanalian gathering with leopards pulling a chariot and Silenus (?) on a donkey. Engraving by N.D. Beauvais after L. Cheron.
  • Silenus holding the infant Bacchus: view from the front left. Etching by F. Perrier.
  • Bacchus and Ariadne on a chariot accompanied by bacchants, Silenus etc. Engraving after C. Cesio after Annibale Carracci.

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Related topics

Bacchantes
Mythology, Greek
Dionysia
Alcoholism
Alcoholics
Grapes