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A drunken bacchanalian gathering with women and a satyr trying to waken two sleeping men. Etching by G. de Lairesse after himself.

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.

A man and a woman, both black, play musical instruments. Engraving.

A bacchanalian gathering with leopards pulling a chariot and Silenus (?) on a donkey. Engraving by N.D. Beauvais after L. Cheron.

A man and a woman in the Roman Campagna dancing to the tambourine played by another woman; a bagpiper and five other people look on. Etching by J.B. Chatelain and engraving by F. Vivares, 1742, after Claude Lorraine, 1669.

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Tambourine

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Works from the collections

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.

A man and a woman in the Roman Campagna dancing to the tambourine played by another woman; a bagpiper and five other people look on. Etching by J.B. Chatelain and engraving by F. Vivares, 1742, after Claude Lorraine, 1669.

A bacchanalian gathering with leopards pulling a chariot and Silenus (?) on a donkey. Engraving by N.D. Beauvais after L. Cheron.

A man and a woman, both black, play musical instruments. Engraving.

A drunken bacchanalian gathering with women and a satyr trying to waken two sleeping men. Etching by G. de Lairesse after himself.

Tambourine

Images from the collections

Images referencing Tambourine

Works from the collections

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.

A man and a woman in the Roman Campagna dancing to the tambourine played by another woman; a bagpiper and five other people look on. Etching by J.B. Chatelain and engraving by F. Vivares, 1742, after Claude Lorraine, 1669.

A bacchanalian gathering with leopards pulling a chariot and Silenus (?) on a donkey. Engraving by N.D. Beauvais after L. Cheron.

A man and a woman, both black, play musical instruments. Engraving.

A drunken bacchanalian gathering with women and a satyr trying to waken two sleeping men. Etching by G. de Lairesse after himself.

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