A Bacchante

Artist: Nicolas Poussin
Artwork: A Bacchante
Description: This is a drawing by Nicolas Poussin, a French painter. The drawing is in pen and brown ink with brown wash, heightened with white gouache, over black chalk. It is a study for a painting of a bacchante, a woman who is a follower of Bacchus, the Roman god of wine. The bacchante is shown dancing and playing a tambourine.
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