# Bacchus Overseeing the Crushing of Grapes by His Satyrs

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## Artwork

- Artist: [MOLA, Pier Francesco](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/mola-pier-francesco-rafb2e160eae0ad>)
- Date: 1601-1650
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 195 x 232 cm

## Commentary

The scale of this large canvas is rare for the artist, as is the depiction of figures in almost life-size proportions. While his earlier works displayed an inclination toward the sensitive depiction of landscape, upon his arrival in Rome in 1647, Mola absorbed the influence of Guercino and artists such as Nicolas Régnier and Orazio Riminaldi working in the wake of Caravaggio, whose compositions gave greater prominence to the representation of figures.

## Related artworks

- [Allegory of Geography](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/mola-pier-francesco-rafb2e160eae0ad/allegory-of-geography-rf6ffcca604b7f6>)
- [Allegory of the Phlegmatic Temperament](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/mola-pier-francesco-rafb2e160eae0ad/allegory-of-the-phlegmatic-temperament-r919564fa9f3b29>)
- [David with the Head of Goliath](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/mola-pier-francesco-rafb2e160eae0ad/david-with-the-head-of-goliath-ra975883ca2a7d6>)
- [Jacob Meeting Rachel](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/mola-pier-francesco-rafb2e160eae0ad/jacob-meeting-rachel-r63d6c63fd9ddfe>)
- [Oriental Warrior](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/mola-pier-francesco-rafb2e160eae0ad/oriental-warrior-r9c8c83e9a94a62>)
- [Portrait of a Bearded Old Man](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/mola-pier-francesco-rafb2e160eae0ad/portrait-of-a-bearded-old-man-r161a90fd7211e8>)
- [St Francis Receiving the Stigmata](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/mola-pier-francesco-rafb2e160eae0ad/st-francis-receiving-the-stigmata-r21d7512b76b32c>)
- [St. Jerome](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/mola-pier-francesco-rafb2e160eae0ad/st-jerome-r33ccd525a99b15>)
- [St Peter Freed from Prison](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/mola-pier-francesco-rafb2e160eae0ad/st-peter-freed-from-prison-rbe7a1f4fcfcb1f>)
- [Tancred Revived by Erminia and Vafrine after the Combat with Argantes](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/mola-pier-francesco-rafb2e160eae0ad/tancred-revived-by-erminia-and-vafrine-after-the-combat-with-argantes-r7a9d7b2b0ea996>)
- [Young Satyr Drinking through a Reed](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/mola-pier-francesco-rafb2e160eae0ad/young-satyr-drinking-through-a-reed-rb33014223c7539>)

## Attribution

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