Silhouetted Study of Bacchus in a Niche Wall Art

"Silhouetted Study of Bacchus in a Niche" by Anonymous, Italian, 18th century, 18th century. Pen and gray ink, brush with gray and pale brown wash, highlighted with white gouache, over black chalk, on cream paper. Figure cut out along contours and pasted onto a drawn niche with an arched top (in brush and gray wash, over graphite or lead) on beige paper. Original high-resolution public-domain artwork from The Metropolitan Museum of Art.