Bacchus Collection (page 2)

Relief depicting Dionysus visiting Icarus, 1st century AD (white marble)
6384074 Relief depicting Dionysus visiting Icarus, 1st century AD (white marble); Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples, Campania, Italy; (add.info.: Relief depicting Dionysus visiting Icarus)

Greek Architecture, Acropolis, Greek Theatre, Stadium, Maussoleum (engraving)
8644770 Greek Architecture, Acropolis, Greek Theatre, Stadium, Maussoleum (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Greek Architecture, Acropolis, Greek Theatre)

Dionysus, ancient Greek god (engraving)
8634960 Dionysus, ancient Greek god (engraving) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Dionysus, ancient Greek god. Illustration from Hellas)

Ancient Greek Female Costume (litho)
8637078 Ancient Greek Female Costume (litho) by Smith, John Moyr (1839-1912); Private Collection; (add.info.: Bacchante with sacred fillet and thyrsus; chiton folded over)

Hermes of Olympia, 1896 (engraving)
LEG4339425 Hermes of Olympia, 1896 (engraving); (add.info.: Hermes of Olympia or Hermes carrying Dyonisos as a child (representation of the sculpture attributed to Praxitele)

Vase with depiction of a festival to Bacchus, woman holding vine leaf with basket on her head
FLO4679507 Vase with depiction of a festival to Bacchus, woman holding vine leaf with basket on her head, and two men holding torch and javelins. In the British Museum

Attic black-figure pottery amphora depicting a military and a Dionysiac scene, 550 BC - 540 BC (pottery)
7310051 Attic black-figure pottery amphora depicting a military and a Dionysiac scene, 550 BC - 540 BC (pottery, with painted and incised decoration); 47 cm; Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford

Bacchus, with his old nurses and a satyr, asks Medea leaning against a column to rejuvenate the women
8683581 Bacchus, with his old nurses and a satyr, asks Medea leaning against a column to rejuvenate the women, 1650-52 (wall tempera painting) by Boulanger

Bacchus transforms the pirates into dolphins, 1650-52 (wall tempera painting)
8683578 Bacchus transforms the pirates into dolphins, 1650-52 (wall tempera painting) by Boulanger, Jean (1606-c.1680); Palazzo Ducale Estense, Sassuolo, Emilia Romagna, Italy; (add.info.: Sassuolo)

Bacchus and the Secret of Wine, 1650-52 (wall tempera painting)
8683575 Bacchus and the Secret of Wine, 1650-52 (wall tempera painting) by Boulanger, Jean (1606-c.1680); Palazzo Ducale Estense, Sassuolo, Emilia Romagna, Italy; (add.info.: Sassuolo)

Pirates find Bacchus, 1650-52 (wall tempera painting)
8683574 Pirates find Bacchus, 1650-52 (wall tempera painting) by Boulanger, Jean (1606-c.1680); Palazzo Ducale Estense, Sassuolo, Emilia Romagna, Italy; (add.info.: Sassuolo, Este Ducal Palace)

Vine shoots, grapes, flowers and birds, detail, 1650 - 52 (wall tempera painting)
8683573 Vine shoots, grapes, flowers and birds, detail, 1650 - 52 (wall tempera painting) by Boulanger, Jean (1606-c.1680); Palazzo Ducale Estense, Sassuolo, Emilia Romagna

Wine shoots, grapes, flowers and a squirrel, detail, 1650 - 52 (wall tempera painting)
8683572 Wine shoots, grapes, flowers and a squirrel, detail, 1650 - 52 (wall tempera painting) by Boulanger, Jean (1606-c.1680); Palazzo Ducale Estense, Sassuolo, Emilia Romagna

Bacchus makes his triumphal entry into Thebes, 1650-52 (wall tempera painting)
8683557 Bacchus makes his triumphal entry into Thebes, 1650-52 (wall tempera painting) by Boulanger, Jean (1606-c.1680); Palazzo Ducale Estense, Sassuolo, Emilia Romagna, Italy; (add.info.: Sassuolo)

Bacchus fighting with the snake sent to him by Juno, 1650-52 (wall tempera painting)
8683556 Bacchus fighting with the snake sent to him by Juno, 1650-52 (wall tempera painting) by Boulanger, Jean (1606-c.1680); Palazzo Ducale Estense, Sassuolo, Emilia Romagna

Bacchus with the architects planning the construction of Nisa, 1650-52 (wall tempera painting)
8683548 Bacchus with the architects planning the construction of Nisa, 1650-52 (wall tempera painting) by Boulanger, Jean (1606-c.1680); Palazzo Ducale Estense, Sassuolo, Emilia Romagna

Statue of Dionysos with satyr
7287196 Statue of Dionysos with satyr; Vatican Museums and Galleries, Vatican City; (add.info.: Statue of Dionysos with satyr, dated 2nd century AD)

Statue of Dionysos with satyr
7287194 Statue of Dionysos with satyr; Vatican Museums and Galleries, Vatican City; (add.info.: Statue of Dionysos with satyr, dated 2nd century AD)

Mosaic depicting Bacchus (Bacco), Roman god of wine, Lapidaire Museum, Vienna
ETI4396299 Mosaic depicting Bacchus (Bacco), Roman god of wine, Lapidaire Museum, Vienna.; (add.info.: Mosaic depicting Bacchus (Bacco), Roman god of wine, Lapidaire Museum, Vienna.)

Statuette of Dionysus, the god of wine of Greek mythology (sculpture)
YOU4420043 Statuette of Dionysus, the god of wine of Greek mythology (sculpture); Louvre, Paris, France; (add.info.: Statuette of Dionysus, the god of wine of Greek mythology, Sculpture from Thebes)

The Assembly of Gods (detail) painting by Louis Matout of 1868 on the ceiling of the Emperor Hall Denon Wing
ETI4397345 The Assembly of Gods (detail) painting by Louis Matout of 1868 on the ceiling of the Emperor Hall Denon Wing, Louvre Museum.; (add.info)

Satyr with the infant Dionysus, detail, 2nd century AD, after a bronze original from the late hellenistic period
6384114 Satyr with the infant Dionysus, detail, 2nd century AD, after a bronze original from the late hellenistic period (marble); Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples, Campania

Statue of a Bacchante in animal skin and garlands. In the Vatican Palace. Copperplate engraving from Pietro Paolo
FLO4997260 Statue of a Bacchante in animal skin and garlands. In the Vatican Palace. Copperplate engraving from Pietro Paolo Montagnani-Mirabilii's Il Museo Capitolino (The Capitoline Museum)

Arion an Dionysiac poet credited with inventing the dithyramb, 17th century (engraving)
3480611 Arion an Dionysiac poet credited with inventing the dithyramb, 17th century (engraving); (add.info.: Greek mythology: Arion an Dionysiac poet credited with inventing the dithyramb)

Ancient Greek Female Costume (litho)
8637086 Ancient Greek Female Costume (litho) by Smith, John Moyr (1839-1912); Private Collection; (add.info.: Bacchante with rod of sesamum, wearing chiton and himation)

Begone dull Care (colour litho)
8634552 Begone dull Care (colour litho) by Armenise, Raffaele (1852-1925); Private Collection; (add.info.: Begone dull Care)

Herm of Dionysus
7287235 Herm of Dionysus; Vatican Museums and Galleries, Vatican City; (add.info.: Herm of Dionysus. Roman copy of a 5th century BC Greek original. Second half of 1st century AD)

Statue of Dionysus
7287216 Statue of Dionysus.; Vatican Museums and Galleries, Vatican City; (add.info.: Statue of Dionysus. Roman sculture dating on the 2nd century AD)

The Marriage of Bacchus and Ariadne, 1650-52 (wall tempera painting)
8683571 The Marriage of Bacchus and Ariadne, 1650-52 (wall tempera painting) by Boulanger, Jean (1606-c.1680); Palazzo Ducale Estense, Sassuolo, Emilia Romagna, Italy; (add.info.: Sassuolo)

One of the forty-one panels with scenes which narrate the events of Bacchus, 1650-52 (wall tempera painting)
8683566 One of the forty-one panels with scenes which narrate the events of Bacchus, 1650-52 (wall tempera painting) by Boulanger, Jean (1606-c.1680); Palazzo Ducale Estense, Sassuolo

Faux gilded relief, with Bacchus placed on a circular pedestal decorated with festoons and bucrania
8683563 Faux gilded relief, with Bacchus placed on a circular pedestal decorated with festoons and bucrania, and surrounded by dancing canephors, 1650-52 (wall tempera painting) by Boulanger

Faux gilded relief, with Bacchus and a scene of a sacrifice, 1650-52 (wall tempera painting)
8683562 Faux gilded relief, with Bacchus and a scene of a sacrifice, 1650-52 (wall tempera painting) by Boulanger, Jean (1606-c.1680); Palazzo Ducale Estense, Sassuolo, Emilia Romagna

Faux gilded relief, with the statue of Bacchus surrounded by some offerers raising cups of wine
8683559 Faux gilded relief, with the statue of Bacchus surrounded by some offerers raising cups of wine, 1650 - 52 (wall tempera painting) by Boulanger, Jean (1606-c.1680); Palazzo Ducale Estense

The meeting in Egypt of Proteus, king of Memphis, with Bacchus, 1650-52 (wall tempera painting)
8683554 The meeting in Egypt of Proteus, king of Memphis, with Bacchus, 1650-52 (wall tempera painting) by Boulanger, Jean (1606-c.1680); Palazzo Ducale Estense, Sassuolo, Emilia Romagna

Bacchus tames the tiger that the persecutor Juno sent against him, 1650-52 (wall tempera painting)
8683552 Bacchus tames the tiger that the persecutor Juno sent against him, 1650-52 (wall tempera painting) by Boulanger, Jean (1606-c.1680); Palazzo Ducale Estense, Sassuolo, Emilia Romagna

The March to Egypt, 1650-52 (wall tempera painting)
8683550 The March to Egypt, 1650-52 (wall tempera painting) by Boulanger, Jean (1606-c.1680); Palazzo Ducale Estense, Sassuolo, Emilia Romagna, Italy; (add.info.: Sassuolo, Este Ducal Palace)

View of the Bacchus Gallery, 1650 - 52 (wall tempera painting)
8683539 View of the Bacchus Gallery, 1650 - 52 (wall tempera painting) by Boulanger, Jean (1606-c.1680); Palazzo Ducale Estense, Sassuolo, Emilia Romagna, Italy; (add.info.: Sassuolo)

Vine shoots, grapes, flowers and birds, detail, 1650 - 52 (wall tempera painting)
8683584 Vine shoots, grapes, flowers and birds, detail, 1650 - 52 (wall tempera painting) by Boulanger, Jean (1606-c.1680); Palazzo Ducale Estense, Sassuolo, Emilia Romagna

Bacchus places the crown of Ariadne among the constellations, 1650-52 (wall tempera painting)
8683583 Bacchus places the crown of Ariadne among the constellations, 1650-52 (wall tempera painting) by Boulanger, Jean (1606-c.1680); Palazzo Ducale Estense, Sassuolo, Emilia Romagna

Lycurgus made mad by Bacchus, 1650-52 (wall tempera painting)
8683549 Lycurgus made mad by Bacchus, 1650-52 (wall tempera painting) by Boulanger, Jean (1606-c.1680); Palazzo Ducale Estense, Sassuolo, Emilia Romagna, Italy; (add.info.: Sassuolo)

Bacchus, Lycurgus and Hermes Trismegistus, 1650-52 (wall tempera painting)
8683545 Bacchus, Lycurgus and Hermes Trismegistus, 1650-52 (wall tempera painting) by Boulanger, Jean (1606-c.1680); Palazzo Ducale Estense, Sassuolo, Emilia Romagna, Italy; (add.info.: Sassuolo)

Persephone receiving Dionysus, relief on stone, 5th century
AIS5389337 Persephone receiving Dionysus, relief on stone, 5th century; Museo Archeologico Nazionale (or Museo Nazionale della Magna Grecia), Reggio Calabria

Young Dionysus drinking while riding a tiger (mosaic)
6384214 Young Dionysus drinking while riding a tiger (mosaic); Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples, Campania, Italy; (add.info)

Lion and Cherubs amongst Dionysus and Maenads (mosaic)
6384206 Lion and Cherubs amongst Dionysus and Maenads (mosaic); Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples, Campania, Italy; (add.info.: Leone e Amorini tra Dioniso e Menadi); Photo © Stefano Baldini

Representation of Antinous in Dionysos or Silvanus, harvesting grapes (Antinous as Dionysos or Silvanus)
QUA5036093 Representation of Antinous in Dionysos or Silvanus, harvesting grapes (Antinous as Dionysos or Silvanus, harvesting grapes) - Detail Relief in marble by Antonianos d'Aphrodise

Plaque depicting the triumph of Bacchus and Ariadne. Chromolithograph by W
FLO4689137 Plaque depicting the triumph of Bacchus and Ariadne. Chromolithograph by W. Griggs from Frederick Rathone's Old Wedgwood

Hans Baldung Grien (1484/1485 - 1545). Children mock the divinity Bacchus (Bacco) drunk under a vine
FGL5463970 Hans Baldung Grien (1484/1485 - 1545). Children mock the divinity Bacchus (Bacco) drunk under a vine. Germany, engraving from the 16th century.; Fototeca Gilardi

Dionysus and the satyr, Ludovisi collection, National Roman Museum, Palazzo Altemps, Rome, Italy
6384451 Dionysus and the satyr, Ludovisi collection, National Roman Museum, Palazzo Altemps, Rome, Italy; Museo Nazionale Romano, Palazzo Altemps, Rome, Italy; (add.info.: Dionysus and the satyr)

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"Bacchus: The Divine Revelry of Greek Mythology" In the illustrious realm of Greek gods in the Olymp, one deity stands out for his wild and exuberant nature - Bacchus. Also known as Dionysus, this god of wine and ecstasy has captivated hearts since ancient times. Dating back to 1880, a magnificent depiction of Dionysus on his throne showcases his regal presence and divine aura. Another masterpiece from 1901 portrays Dionysus surrounded by the Maenads, his devoted female followers who embody unrestrained passion. The cult of Dionysus is renowned for its initiation rites, as depicted in a captivating fresco from the Villa Dei Mysteri. This artwork transports us to an era where believers celebrated their devotion through rituals filled with fervor and mysticism. Silenus gathering grapes in a painting by Carracci reminds us that Bacchus is not only associated with revelry but also symbolizes fertility and abundance. Such imagery evokes visions of vineyards brimming with succulent fruit ready to be transformed into heavenly nectar. Even during Roman times, Bacchic worship continued to flourish as seen in a mesmerizing mosaic detail at El Djem depicting an infant Dionysus riding on a tiger's back. This enchanting portrayal highlights both the god's innocence and untamed power. Moving forward through history, we encounter intriguing representations like that of a redhead flapper posing within Pan's mask or a fourth-style fresco showcasing Bacchus alongside Vesuvius volcano at Pompeii's House of Centenary – blending mythological figures with natural wonders. Artistic interpretations have perpetuated throughout centuries; Juan Carreño de Miranda's "La monstrua" captures Bacchic allure while Leonardo da Vinci’s school presents their own vision influenced by Renaissance aesthetics. Lastly, Midas' infamous touch turning everything into gold finds its place in the Bacchic narrative.