Round dance
Martin Johann Schmidt called Kremser Schmidt (1718 - 1801)
Framesize 65.00 x 50.00 x 3.50 cm
Empty wine-vessels and Dionysus enthroned on a barrel, holding a thyrsus staff, identify the boisterous company in the Triumph of Bacchus with Dancing Nymphs. Satyr and amoretto join playfully in the nymphs’ uninhibited dance. The print shows the bacchanalia far removed from the moral dictates and courtly etiquette of western Christian culture.
DUCKE Astrid: Schmidt Martin Johann, Triumph of Bacchus with Dancing Nymphs, in: DUCKE Astrid, HABERSATTER Thomas, OEHRING Erika: Masterworks. Residenzgalerie Salzburg. Salzburg 2015, p. 110
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