AFTER NICOLAS POUSSIN. "Bacchic scene."Ancient old master copy, based on the original from approx. 1630.

Oil on canvas, dating around 1800/20, unsigned, relined, younger framed. dimensions approx. Frame 74 x 88 x 5 cm, stretcher 57 x 71 cm.

Cupid is depicted, the nature god Pan on whose shoulders Venus, the goddess of love, is climbing. A faun follows with attributes of wine, Cupid carries those of Pan, flute and thyrsus.

Nicolas Poussin (June 15, 1594 Les Andelys - November 19, 1665 Rome), important, if not most important, French painter of the neoclassical Baroque; was the godfather of the unknown admirer when he created his successful work.