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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 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.

The newly-born Virgin Mary is washed by maids; Bacchus waits by the bath. Etching by J. Audran.

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

Bacchus (Dionysus). Engraving by R.U. Massard and Gounod after J.A. Vauthier.

Sculpture on the choragic monument of Lysicrates, Athens: Dionysus armed with a thyrsus attacks a kneeling man. Engraving by E. Rooker, 1762.

Bacchus as a boy, wearing vines in his hair and a fur costume. Stipple engraving by Caroline Watson, 1786, after P.P. Rubens.

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Dionysus

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Images featuring Dionysus

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

Bacchus (Dionysus). Engraving by R.U. Massard and Gounod after J.A. Vauthier.

Sculpture on the choragic monument of Lysicrates, Athens: Dionysus armed with a thyrsus attacks a kneeling man. Engraving by E. Rooker, 1762.

Bacchus and Ariadne. Engraving by P.M. Vitali after A. von Maron, 1783.

Bacchus as a boy, wearing vines in his hair and a fur costume. Stipple engraving by Caroline Watson, 1786, after P.P. Rubens.

Dionysus

Images from the collections

Images featuring Dionysus

Works from the collections

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

Bacchus (Dionysus). Engraving by R.U. Massard and Gounod after J.A. Vauthier.

Sculpture on the choragic monument of Lysicrates, Athens: Dionysus armed with a thyrsus attacks a kneeling man. Engraving by E. Rooker, 1762.

Bacchus and Ariadne. Engraving by P.M. Vitali after A. von Maron, 1783.

Bacchus as a boy, wearing vines in his hair and a fur costume. Stipple engraving by Caroline Watson, 1786, after P.P. Rubens.

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