# Bacchus and Nymphs in Landscape [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [CUYLENBORCH, Abraham van]() - Date: 1601-1650 - Technique: Oil on panel. 58 x 72 cm ## Commentary Bacchus and Nymphs in Landscape c. 1645 Oil on panel. 58 x 72 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This lighthearted mythological picture is a typical work by Abraham van Cuylenborch, but formerly it was attributed to Cornelis van Poelenburgh. The graceful woman seated on a rock occurs variously in the artist's work. She comes close to one of <a onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/r/raphael/5roma/4a/12farnes.html'\)" href="/html/r/raphael/5roma/4a/12farnes.html">Raphael's Three Graces</a> in the Sala di Psiche of the Villa Farnesina, Rome, which was widely known through engravings. However, there are many similar figures in Dutch art, as seen in the work of Joachim <a onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/w/wtewael/j\_paris.html'\)" href="/html/w/wtewael/j\_paris.html">Wtewael,</a> <a onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/c/cornelis/1wedding.html'\)" href="/html/c/cornelis/1wedding.html">Cornelis van Haarlem,</a> Cornelis <a onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/p/poelenbu/nymphs.html'\)" href="/html/p/poelenbu/nymphs.html">van Poelenburgh,</a> and others. ## Related artworks - [Bacchus and Nymphs in Landscape \(detail\)]() - [Diana and Her Nymphs]() - [Diana Bathing]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()