# Bacchanal, in 16th-century France

Nicolas Poussin drew this in about 1635–36. It is now at The Met in New York.

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## The work

- Date: ca. 1635–36
- Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over faint black chalk
- Dimensions: 5 1/4 x 8 1/8 in. (13.3 x 20.6 cm.)
- Type: Drawings
- Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1998.225
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[Nicolas Poussin](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/nicolas-poussin), French, 1594–1665

Poussin left Normandy for Paris and in 1624 settled in Rome, where he spent almost all his career.

6 works in the collection.

## Walk on

- [More by Nicolas Poussin](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/nicolas-poussin?hang=750) (6 works)
- [More Northern Renaissance](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/northern-renaissance?hang=750) (62 works)
- [The 16th century](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/16?hang=750) (210 works)

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