# The Birth of Bacchus

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## Artwork

- Artist: [GIULIO ROMANO](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/giulio-romano-re56a65c28482fc>)
- Date: 1501-1550
- Technique: Pen, brown ink, black wash over black chalk, 250 x 406 mm

## Commentary

The Birth of Bacchus c. 1533 Pen, brown ink, black wash over black chalk, 250 x 406 mm J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles The influence of Giulio Romano&#39;s style spread throughout northern Italy and as far as Spain, France and Germany and wherever his followers happened to go. Yet ultimately it was his drawings that allowed Giulio to garner such an influential position in the contemporary art world. They were much coveted by both artists and patrons, indeed more than once whole batches of them were stolen.

## Related artworks

- [Adoration of the Shepherds \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/giulio-romano-re56a65c28482fc/adoration-of-the-shepherds-detail-r1cdab3ecf494ea>)
- [Adoration of the Shepherds](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/giulio-romano-re56a65c28482fc/adoration-of-the-shepherds-r30a6ae03b03670>)
- [Aerial view](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/giulio-romano-re56a65c28482fc/aerial-view-r19902e71e0dcd6>)
- [Aerial view](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/giulio-romano-re56a65c28482fc/aerial-view-r1b77b4a06375c0>)
- [Aerial view](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/giulio-romano-re56a65c28482fc/aerial-view-r406c993ab40f61>)
- [Ajax Defends Patroclus&#39;s Corps](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/giulio-romano-re56a65c28482fc/ajax-defends-patrocluss-corps-r1c53430e12624c>)
- [Ajax Defends Patroclus&#39;s Corps](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/giulio-romano-re56a65c28482fc/ajax-defends-patrocluss-corps-ra6bea9656b8605>)
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- [Battle of Zama](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/giulio-romano-re56a65c28482fc/battle-of-zama-rf6ba99c3e4c152>)
- [Ceiling decoration \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/giulio-romano-re56a65c28482fc/ceiling-decoration-detail-r096feb6efc4595>)
- [Ceiling decoration \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/giulio-romano-re56a65c28482fc/ceiling-decoration-detail-r3dc155f53abc63>)
- [Ceiling decoration \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/giulio-romano-re56a65c28482fc/ceiling-decoration-detail-ra422ea433e2482>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)