A Young Man Drinking
Artist: Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (Spanish, 1617 - 1682)
Original Dimensions: 24 3/4" x 18 7/8"
Location: National Gallery of Art, London
About Artwork: (1655-60) "A young man cradles a bottle, presumably full of wine, and drinks from a smooth-sided glass. Vine leaves, a symbol traditionally associated with Bacchus, the mischievous god of wine, garland his head. He looks at us with a conspiratorial gaze, and though he might appear to be encouraging us to join him, the possessive way in which he guards the bottle suggests that he might well keep its contents all to himself. Genre paintings are rare in the work of Murillo, and the subject of this picture remains enigmatic. The young man may be drinking wine, but he is doing so with dignity and care, holding the glass daintily by its base. He is perhaps a server at a tavern, but the reference to Bacchus better explains his mischievous expression. The painting, now widely accepted as by Murillo, was once considered to be by an eighteenth-century imitator." - (National Gallery of Art, London)
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