Infant Bacchanal
- 1780
- 26.0 x 75.0 cm
Sauvage’s name was synonymous with trompe l’oeil (fool the eye) paintings that imitated low relief ancient sculpture and became hugely popular for Neoclassical room decoration. The present painting is meant to imitate bronze. The subject is taken from a relief by the sculptor Clodion (1738–1814).
piat joseph sauvage (1744 – 1818)
Discover Piat Joseph Sauvage, Belgian painter of the 18th-19th centuries. Known for opulent interiors & royal commissions, including works at Fontainebleau & Tournai Cathedral.
About this artwork
- Title: Infant Bacchanal
- Artist: piat joseph sauvage
- Year: 1780
- Original dimensions: 26.0 x 75.0 cm
- Format: Panoramic
- Copyright status: Public domain
- Main color: Espresso
- Perceived brightness: deep_shadow