Why it matters
On the island of Andros, men and women celebrate with jugs of wine while a nymph sleeps in the foreground. Titian painted it for Duke Alfonso I d'Este of Ferrara.
Did you know?
- It is signed and dated to 1523–1526.
- In 1598 the papal legate Pietro Aldobrandini appropriated it.
- It was donated to Philip IV of Spain in 1639.
Based on the Wikipedia article The Bacchanal of the Andrians (CC BY-SA 4.0).
