# Bacchanalian Scene [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [MAGNASCO, Alessandro]() - Date: 1701-1750 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 110 x 167 cm ## Commentary Bacchanalian Scene 1710s Oil on canvas, 110 x 167 cm The Hermitage, St. Petersburg The painting belongs to a series of four, two of which representing bacchanalian scenes, the other two brigands. In the 18th century all four was in the collection of the Russian Count Suvalov, then in the 20th century it was tranferred to the Hermitage. \(One of the bacchanalian scenes is now in the Pushkin Museum, Moscow.\) The painting was executed in collaboration with Clemente Spera who painted the architectural background. <P> <TABLE ALIGN=LEFT CELLPADDING=5 BORDER=1 WIDTH=320 BGCOLOR="\#99CCCC"> <TR VALIGN=MIDDLE><TD><IMG SRC="/support/gif/listen.gif" BORDER=0 VALIGN=MIDDLE> Suggested listening \(streaming mp3, 7 minutes\):<BR><A HREF="\#" onClick="w=window.open \('/music1/19\_cent/saint-saens\_bacchanal.html', 'newWin', 'scrollbars=yes,status=no,dependent=yes,screenX=0,screenY=0,width=350,height=350'\);w.opener=this;w.focus\(\);return true"><B>Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Delila, Act III, Scene 2, Bacchanal</B></A> </TD></TR></TABLE> ## Related artworks - [A Hermit in a Grotto]() - [Banditti at Rest]() - [Christ Adored by Two Nuns]() - [Christ Served by the Angels]() - [Entombment of a Soldier]() - [Gypsy Wedding Banquet]() - [Halt of the Brigands]() - [Interrogations in Jail]() - [Joseph Interprets the Dreams of the Pharaoh's Servants Whilst in Jail]() - [Market]() - [Mountainous Landscape]() - [Prayer of the Penitent Monks]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()