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Dionysus

Ancient Greek god of winemaking and wine

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Images featuring Dionysus

30 images from works
  • Bacchus captured by sailors transforms them into dolphins. Engraving by J. Matham after D. Vinckeboons..
  • Cybele, Bacchus, Ceres and Flora on a chariot drawn by lions surrounded by all forms of natural abundance and cherubs, symbolising the element earth. Engraving by E. Baudet, 1695, after F. Albani.
  • Apollo presiding over a gentleman of sensual appetite; representing the sanguine temperament. Etching by J.D. Nessenthaler, ca. 1750.
  • Bacchus and Ariadne. Engraving by P.M. Vitali after A. von Maron, 1783.
  • Bacchus and Ariadne. Engraving by P.M. Vitali after A. von Maron, 1783.
  • 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.
  • Bacchus and Ariadne on a chariot accompanied by bacchants, Silenus etc. Etching by P. Aquila after Annibale Carracci.
  • Electro-plating: three-quarter views of a statue, a wine-jug, and an electroplating bath. Engraving, c.1861.
  • Bacchus [Dionysus] and Ariadne. Engraving by P.S. van Gunst after Titian.
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Works from the collections

47 works

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    Palazzo Farnese, Rome: a wall of the gallery. Etching by P. Aquila after Annibale Carracci.

    Carracci, Annibale, 1560-1609. | Date: [between 1670 and 1679?] | Reference: 11625i
    Part of: Paintings by Annibale Carracci in the Palazzo Farnese, Rome. Etchings by P. Aquila after Annibale Carracci.
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    Bacchus (Dionysus). Engraving by R.U. Massard and Gounod after J.A. Vauthier.

    Vauthier, Jules-Antoine, 1774-1832. | Date: 1645 | Reference: 2816733i
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    Sculpture on the choragic monument of Lysicrates, Athens: Dionysus armed with a thyrsus attacks a kneeling man. Engraving by E. Rooker, 1762.

    Stuart, James, 1713-1788. | Date: 1762 | Reference: 2189098i
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    Bacchus and Ariadne. Engraving by P.M. Vitali after A. von Maron, 1783.

    Maron, Anton von, 1733-1808. | Date: 1783 | Reference: 575577i
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    Bacchus as a boy, wearing vines in his hair and a fur costume. Stipple engraving by Caroline Watson, 1786, after P.P. Rubens.

    Rubens, Peter Paul, 1577-1640. | Date: Nov.r 30, 1786 | Reference: 3042796i
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Related topics

Bacchantes
Grapes
Wine
Athens
Choragic Monument of Lysicrates (Athens, Greece)
Alcoholism
Alcohol Drinking
Dionysia
Chariots
Satyrs (Greek mythology)

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