Young Satyr Drinking through a Reed
by MOLA, Pier Francesco, Oil on canvas, 68 x 53 cm
In this painting, the little satyr is shown in profile, sucking divine nectar from a low-set, open barrel, against an evening landscape. The painting can be considered as part of a Neo-Venetian movement that evolved in Rome between 1625 and 1635-1640, stimulated by the presence of the Bacchanals by Titian, originally in the collection of Alfonso I d’Este but which were brought to Rome in 1598.