# Bacchanal

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## Artwork

- Artist: [HOUASSE, Michel-Ange](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/houasse-michel-ange-r43e841868ef9a5>)
- Date: 1701-1750
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 125 x 180 cm

## Commentary

Several French painters, among them Michel-Ange Houasse who worked in Madrid from 1715, kept the characteristics of their origin, despite working in the service of the Spanish king. &lt;P&gt; &lt;TABLE ALIGN=LEFT CELLPADDING=5 BORDER=1 WIDTH=320 BGCOLOR=&#34;\#99CCCC&#34;&gt; &lt;TR VALIGN=MIDDLE&gt;&lt;TD&gt;&lt;IMG SRC=&#34;/support/gif/listen.gif&#34; BORDER=0 VALIGN=MIDDLE&gt; Suggested listening \(streaming mp3, 7 minutes\):&lt;BR&gt;&lt;A HREF=&#34;\#&#34; onClick=&#34;w=window.open \(&#39;/music1/19\_cent/saint-saens\_bacchanal.html&#39;, &#39;newWin&#39;, &#39;scrollbars=yes,status=no,dependent=yes,screenX=0,screenY=0,width=350,height=350&#39;\);w.opener=this;w.focus\(\);return true&#34;&gt;&lt;B&gt;Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Delila, Act III, Scene 2, Bacchanal&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;/TABLE&gt;

## Related artworks

- [View of the Monastery of El Escorial](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/houasse-michel-ange-r43e841868ef9a5/view-of-the-monastery-of-el-escorial-r727ca6e94d9434>)

## Attribution

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