Silenus, 1838, Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, French, 1796 - 1875, 97 1/2 x 70 1/2 in. (247.65 x 179.07 cm) (canvas)113 x 86 1/2 in. (287.02 x 219.71 cm) (outer frame), Oil on canvas, France, 19th century, In Greek and Roman mythology, Silenus is the faithful friend and teacher of the wine god Dionysus. On Corot's canvas, he is the butt of a joke, awakening from his drunken stupor to find that his fellow revelers have tied him up with his own garlands and painted his face red with mulberries. A good sport, he joins in the laughter and all is forgiven.