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Bacchus, the god of wine, is the figure traditionally associated with Autumn. Accompanied here by a satyr with a wineskin, he leans on a barrel and raises a goblet of wine in a pose inspired by the classical marble statue of the Resting Satyr -then in La Granja palace and now in the Prado- after an original by Praxiteles. In the background several companions carry a drunken Silenus.
This tapestry cartoon depicts five people. The young man in the foreground is drinking from a wineskin while his companion eats a chive or tender onion. This scene has been interpreted as an allegory of gluttony, represented here by the boy with the cane and the blind drinker who are the main characters from the picaresque novel, Lazarillo de Tormes. The di sotto in sù perspective indicates
A group of seated figures can be seen in the shade of some trees. Sancho is drinking from a wineskin, and in the background on the right, Rocinante is drinking from a stream.This is a preparatory drawing for the engraving that illustrated Gabriel de Sancha’s edition of Don Quixote (1797–8). The two Quixotes from Sancha’s workshop are dignified successors to a publishing tradition of exceptional qu
In the foreground to the right, a young man is depicted lying down, dozing; behind him, a dog can be seen. In the centre are two muleteers and a horse. To the left, a woman is seated delousing a boy lying on his back. Behind her, a man strums a mandolin, and another, leaning against a saddle, drinks from a wineskin.The drawing is linked to the themes and character of the compositions of the Santa
