Das Gastmahl des Trimalchio: pl. VII (The Banquet of Trimalchio: pl. VII) 1919

Lovis Corinth's 1919 etching, *Das Gastmahl des Trimalchio: pl. VII (The Banquet of Trimalchio: pl. VII)*, depicts a scene from Petronius's satirical novel *The Satyricon*. In the foreground, a man in a hat and a dog stand near a nude man standing in the water. This is a dynamic and expressive work that captures the absurdity and excess of Trimalchio’s banquet with the use of stark black and white lines and hatching that creates a dramatic sense of light and shadow. This print, which is one of several in a series, is part of the artist's later period, and it reflects his continued fascination with literary themes and grotesque imagery.