A maenad or bacchant, drunk on wine, dancing; below, attributes of Bacchus. Gouache by F. Santoloni.

[Italy], [1810?]

1 painting : gouache ; image and border 45.2 x 34.4 cm

Similar paintings by Felice Santoloni (also called Santolini) were offered for sale at Bonham's, New Bond Street, London, 8 November 2005, lot 4, and at Sotheby's, London, 6 June 2006, lot 93 (set of four)

Felice Santoloni f.

Louis Barré, Ercolano e Pompei: raccolta generale di pitture, bronzi, mosaici, ec. fin ora scoperti e riprodotti dietro le antichità di Ercolano, il Museo Borbonico e le opere tutte pubblicate fin qui: Pitture, 3. serie figure isolate, Volume 4, Venice: Giuseppe Antonelli, 1845, pl. 33

Wellcome Collection 3025663i

After a painting at Herculaneum (Barré loc. cit.), possibly via an engraving by Antonio Ricciani after a drawing by Luigi Agricola; the engraving by Ricciani lacks the panel at the bottom showing Bacchic attributes