Where to See Drunken Silenus, supported by two bacchantes

Anthony van Dyck painted the mythological scene of drunken Silenus held up by two bacchantes. The fleshy figure of Dionysus's companion sags between his supporters. Van Dyck's Baroque energy brings the Bacchic procession to life.

The artist learned from Rubens how to paint such sensuous mythological subjects. This work hangs at the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium in Brussels.

The companion and tutor of Dionysus, often depicted drunk and merry in classical mythology You can see it at Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium.

You can see it at Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium in Brussels, Belgium. Anthony van Dyck created it.

Silenus was the elderly companion of Dionysus (Bacchus), always depicted drunk. Van Dyck painted this mythological subject with the fleshy Baroque vitality he learned from Rubens's workshop.

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