Gods, satyrs and nymphs drink and doze at a woodland picnic taken from Ovid. At right, Priapus lifts the dress of the sleeping nymph Lotis, and the bray of Silenus's ass at left will soon wake her. Giovanni Bellini signed it in 1514 for Duke Alfonso d'Este of Ferrara; Dosso Dossi and then Titian later repainted the landscape to match their pictures for the same room.
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Bellini's signature and the date are written on a painted slip of paper stuck to the wooden tub at lower right. Blue-and-white Chinese porcelain bowls hold the fruit.
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