A Bacchanalian Feast

Johann Liss (1597 - 1629/31)

Fitzwilliam Museum

1617

Precocious and short-lived artist, German by birth but trained in the Netherlands before moving to Venice where he died of the plague. Influenced by Rubens and pupil Jordaens.

• Medium: oil on panel
• Dimensions: 34 x 27 cm
• Art Fund Grant: £5000 ( Total: £22,500)
• ArtFunded in: 1978
• Vendor: Colnaghi

Provenance

Initials 'AG' on back of panel in 18th/ early 19th Century; Christie's, July 1977.

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