About This Artwork
The Birth of Bacchusc. 1790
Oil on canvas
15 x 31 3/4 in. (37.7 x 80.5 cm)
Gift of Mrs. James Ward Thorne, 1937.497
Medieval to Modern European Painting and Sculpture
Not on Display
Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories
Exhibition History
The Art Institute of Chicago, A Case for Wine, July11—September 20, 2009, no exhibition catalogue.
Publication History
The Art Institute of Chicago, Paintings in the Art Institute of Chicago: A Catalogue of the Picture Collection (Chicago, 1961), p. 59.
Ownership History
Mrs. James Ward (Narcissa) Thorne, Chicago, by 1937; given to the Art Institute, 1937.