Bacchus met een drinkschaal en een Sileen 1613 - 1675

Hans Ulrich Franck created this artwork, "Bacchus with a Drinking Bowl and Silenus," using pen and gray ink, with gray wash and white highlights. The composition presents Bacchus reclining amidst fluffy clouds, juxtaposed with a smaller figure holding a drinking bowl, all rendered in muted grays and stark whites. The visual structure employs chiaroscuro, creating depth and volume, enhancing the figures' three-dimensionality. Franck’s strategic use of light and shadow emphasizes the dynamic relationship between the figures. This evokes a dreamlike quality, blurring the boundaries between the material and ethereal realms. Franck challenges the viewer to reconsider classical mythology through a contemporary lens, questioning the traditional binary of divine versus mortal. The drawing's stark contrasts and fluid lines do not merely depict; they destabilize established meanings, inviting a reevaluation of cultural narratives. Through this interplay of light and shadow, Franck offers not just an image, but an interrogation of myth and representation.