# Bacchanal [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [WOUTERS, Frans]() - Date: 1601-1650 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 87 x 131 cm ## Commentary After entering the service of Archduke Leopold-Wilhem in c. 1648, the characters in Wouters's paintings changed under the influence of Van Dyck. They acquire a more emotive and attenuated appearance. <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 - [Allegory of Sight]() - [Allegory of Taste]() - [Allegory of Touch]() - [Cloelia and Her Companions Escaping from the Etruscans]() - [Landscape with Diana Resting]() - [Venus and Adonis]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()