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Concept

Dionysia

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  • Bacchus on a chariot preceded by a drunken procession of nude men, women and satyrs all carrying grapes. Engraving, 16--, after G. Romano.
  • Bacchus with attendant satyrs sits drinking by a cave as Venus appears to him and offers him a cup of love. Engraving by J. Audran after A. Coypel, 1704.
  • A drunken bacchanalian gathering with women and a satyr trying to waken two sleeping men. Etching by G. de Lairesse after himself.
  • Bacchus on a chariot preceded by a drunken procession of nude men, women and satyrs all carrying grapes. Engraving, 16--, after G. Romano.
  • Athenians wearing masks celebrate the vintage by dancing around a statue of Bacchus and sacrificing a goat to him. Engraving by P. Lombard, 1654, after F. Cleyn.
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    A drunken Silenus being helped to the base of a tree where lie female satyrs with their young. Etching by P. Soutman after P. P. Rubens.

    Rubens, Peter Paul, 1577-1640. | Reference: 26955i
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    Bacchus carried on a chariot pulled by leopards, accompanied by a drunken procession of bacchants and satyrs, with Silenus and two elephants. Etching by P. Aquila after P. Berrettini da Cortona, 16--.

    Pietro, da Cortona, 1597-1669. | Date: [between 1600 and 1699] | Reference: 26941i
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    Bacchus with attendant satyrs sits drinking by a cave as Venus appears to him and offers him a cup of love. Engraving by J. Audran after A. Coypel, 1704.

    Coypel, Antoine, 1661-1722. | Date: [1704?] | Reference: 26951i
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    Three male bacchants playing musical instruments dance from right to left with three maenads. Etching attributed to H. Hopfer after A. Veneziano.

    | Date: [between 1520 and 1529?] | Reference: 2822675i
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    Bacchus reclines while a satyr fills his bowl and Pan adorns his head with grapes. Etching after J. Ribera.

    Ribera, Jusepe de, 1591-1652. | Reference: 26085i
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