# Bacchanal of Satyrs and Cupids

- By: Gerard van Opstal (Antwerp, 1605–1668)
- Date: c. 1635 - c. 1642
- Medium: ivory
- Classification: sculpture
- Dimensions: height 11.8 cm x width 31.5 cm x thickness 2 cm
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/BK-NM-2934--943e48c68ef7c6c0658a53c6b96fbef3)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/nUams/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Adult profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

The Brussels sculptor Gerard van Opstal created a stir at the French court in Paris with his small-scale ivory reliefs in the Flemish Baroque style of Rubens. Here, this finds expression in the chubby bodies of the putti and the plump proportions of the pair of satyrs.