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Marcantonio Raimondi

A Bacchanal, Silenus supported by two bacchants in the centre, at left a female satyr reclining on a bed and another holding onto the horns on a statue of Priapus while she tries to impale herself on his phallus, various other figures fill the composition

ca. 1510–13
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14.5 × 50.7 cm (5.7 × 20 in)

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