Infancy of Bacchus Antique Art Print ~ Ranvier

Antique Goupil & Cie. photogravure art print from the picture by Joseph- Victor Ranvier.

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

Title: The Infancy of Bacchus

Publication: The Masterpieces of French Art

Publication Year: 1883

Approximate Page Size (in inches): 14 x 11

Approximate Image Size (in inches): 10 x 5¼

Condition: Some light foxing in margin area. Otherwise nice clean condition. Atticpaper.com watermark does not appear on actual print.

Who has seen this painting, with its transparent tints, and nymphs caring for and disporting with the infant Bacchus, could not help being impressed with the unreal feeling that the scene engenders, and the enquiries spring, " Are they of earth? are they flesh and blood? would they be substantial to the touch?"

Such is the skill and success of this picture of Mythology and Arcadia. It was painted in 1865, when the Prince Imperial of France was as much the pride and tender care of the French nation, in his education, his amusements, and everything else, as the idolatrous ancients could sup- pose Bacchus to have been; a god himself, and the son of Jove. It is, therefore, more than likely that these circumstances, perhaps unwittingly, influenced the artist.