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Putto gathering Grapes

Image credit: The National Gallery, London

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A naked young satyr, just like a little boy but with pointed ears and a curly tail, swings from a vine to pick grapes. This irregularly shaped panel was part of a musical instrument, probably a kind of harpsichord. Together with Silenus gathering Grapes it would have formed the inside of the lid, visible when the instrument was open, with this boy facing his ‘twin’ swinging on the vines in the larger panel. It was painted by Annibale Carracci, possibly for Fulvio Orsini, the classical scholar and librarian to the Farnese family.

The National Gallery, London

London

Title

Putto gathering Grapes

Date

1597-1600

Medium

Oil and egg on wood

Measurements

H 54.5 x W 88.5 cm

Accession number

NG93.2

Acquisition method

Holwell Carr Bequest, 1831

Work type

Painting

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