Ref: 2771
Drunken Silenus
Jacques Antoine Vallin
Ref: 2771
Drunken Silenus
Jacques Antoine Vallin
Provenance:
Private Collection, Florida/USA
Private Collection, New York/USA
Private Collection, Florida/USA
Private Collection, New York/USA
Description: attributed to Jacques Antoine Vallin
(Paris, 1760 – 1831)
Drunken Silenus
Flemish school, second quarter 19th century
with signature bottom left
oil on canvas, gilded frame
minor restorations
Painter of the French school, following Drevet. Exhibited at the Paris Salon, influenced by Prud'hon. Paintings by his hand in several public museums in France.
The present work is a newly discovered, and rare canvas from the early 1790s - a moment when Vallin started to exhibit at the Paris Salon. It depicts a drunken Silenus, Bacchus' own tutor and companion, surrounded by Pan and woodland muses who care to the god inside a forest clearing. The work is consistent with the light-hearted, openly sensual and often mythological themes adopted by painters at the end of the 18th century.
(Paris, 1760 – 1831)
Drunken Silenus
Flemish school, second quarter 19th century
with signature bottom left
oil on canvas, gilded frame
minor restorations
Painter of the French school, following Drevet. Exhibited at the Paris Salon, influenced by Prud'hon. Paintings by his hand in several public museums in France.
The present work is a newly discovered, and rare canvas from the early 1790s - a moment when Vallin started to exhibit at the Paris Salon. It depicts a drunken Silenus, Bacchus' own tutor and companion, surrounded by Pan and woodland muses who care to the god inside a forest clearing. The work is consistent with the light-hearted, openly sensual and often mythological themes adopted by painters at the end of the 18th century.
Jacques Antoine Vallin
Jacques-Antoine Vallin (c.1760–after 1831) was a French painter trained at the Académie Royale under Antoine-François Callet and Antoine Renou. Exhibiting at the Paris Salon between 1791 and 1827, he specialised in mythological and pastoral scenes including nymphs, bacchantes, Venus figures and portraits, painted with soft colour, graceful movement and late Rococo sensuality.
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