The Birth of Bacchus (circa 1530) by Giulio Romano Giulio Pippi, from the Original, Framed Art Print Size:18″ x 24″ black ink and brown wash

black ink and brown wash heightened with white

Schiele made only seventeen prints during his abbreviated career

he took her body into the hills and knelt beside her to keep watch

Colour: beige

slimming effect

The Birth of Bacchus (circa 1530) by Giulio Romano Giulio Pippi, from the Original, Framed Art Print Size:18″ x 24″ black ink and brown washPublic domain art from the Getty Museum, digitally enhanced in high resolution. In a composition, alive with naked, twisting bodies, the story of Bacchus's birth unfolds as a wry commentary on the perils of passion. On discovering that the supreme god Jupiter had impregnated the young mortal Semele, Jupiters wife, Juno, hatched a plan to end the love affair. Disguised as Semele's nurse, and knowing that Jupiter's lightning and thunder were lethal,