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Bacchanal before a Herm

A court painter’s revel, in the brush’s own hand.

What

Revellers crowd a garlanded herm in swift strokes of oil and red-brown pigment, the scene caught at the speed of a thought.

Why

Castiglione served as court painter to the Gonzaga dukes of Mantua, and collectors prized his brush drawings as finished works in their own right.

Notice

The speed of the line: a whole bacchanal built from a few loaded strokes.

“The freest hand of the Baroque, at the god’s altar.”

Format

The full-resolution, colour-managed file — yours to print and keep. Editions ship with their certificate.

Sized to protect print quality — this source supports sizes up to 24x36" cleanly.

Size

$49.00

Honesty

Reproduction

A faithful reproduction of a public-domain work. Source: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1964.31.

Kind: reproduction
Artist: Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione
Era: Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, early 1660s
Source: Cleveland Museum of Art

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Rights: CLEAR. Public domain — U.S. 95-year rule (source published 1930 or earlier). Cleared by registry on 2026-11-01. Cleveland Museum of Art, 1964.31. Wikimedia Commons imageinfo + wikitext read 2026-11-01: 3400x2511 image/jpeg; licence template {{Cc-zero}}; extmetadata License=cc0.