The Triumph of Silenus

Exhibition history

Chicago, Art Institute of Chicago, "Case for Wine," 11 July - 20 September, 2009 [no cat.].

Publications

Ian Wardropper, “Collecting European Sculpture at the Art Institute of Chicago,” Apollo 154,475 (2001), pp. 5-6, 12, fig. 5. Art Institute of Chicago, "Gifts Beyond Measure: The Antiquarian Society and European Decorative Arts, 1987–2002," Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies 28,2 (2002), p. 85, ill.

Quick Overview

Artist: Gerard van Opstal (Flemish, c. 1597–1668)
Date: c. 1660
Medium: Marble
Dimensions: 36.8 × 53.3 cm (14 1/2 × 21 in.)
Type: Sculpture
Classification: relief
Style: 17th Century
Place: France
Department: Painting and Sculpture of Europe
Credit line: Purchased with funds provided by Mrs. Eloise W. Martin and Mrs. Edward J. Uihlein through the Antiquarian Society, Mrs. DeWitt W. Buchanan, Jr., Kay and Frederick Krehbiel; Major Acquisitions Centennial, Jane B. Tripp and Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Varley endowments; through prior acquisitions of the Kate S. Buckingham Endowment
Accession no.: 1997.89

Provenance

Daniel Katz, Limited, London, by 1997; sold to the Art Institute, 1997.

Data retrieved from the Art Institute of Chicago on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.