Nymph & Bacchus Antique Art Print ~ Jules Lefebvre

Antique Goupil & Cie. photogravure art print from the picture by Jules Joseph Lefebvre.

Printed on mid-weight ivory colored stock. Reverse side is blank.

Title: Nymph and Bacchus

Publication: The Masterpieces of French Art

Publication Year: 1883

Approximate Page Size (in inches): 11 x 14

Approximate Image Size (in inches): 6¼ x 9

Condition: Very nice, clean condition. Atticpaper.com watermark does not appear on actual print.

Bacchus, the god of wine of the Romans, was called Dionysius by the Greeks. He was said to be the son of Jupiter and Semele. The artist may have read the following passage in " Tales of Ancient Greece:" "In the dark land beneath the earth, where wander the ghosts of men, lay Semeld, the daughter of Kadmos, while her child Bacchus grew up full of strength and beauty on the flowery plain of Orchemenos. On the land and on the sea strange things befel him; but from all dangers his own strong arm and the love of Zeus, his father, rescued him. Thus, throughout the land men spake of his beauty and his strength, and said that he was worthy to be the child of the maiden who had dared to look on the majesty of Zeus."

Lefebvre has chosen his scene of Arcadian simplicity. The beautiful nymph plays with the boy, and the complacent look of the dilapidated statue, makes it appear as if he, too, enjoyed the sport.