Bacchus

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Number:003292

Title:Bacchus

Artist: Rubens, Pieter Paul (1577-1640)

Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg

Method: Oil on canvas

Created: 1638-1640

School: Flanders

Category: Mythology, Allegory and Literature

Trend in art: Baroque

Keywords: Drinking, Wine, Barock, Roman mythology, Bacchus, Dionysus, God of wine, God of fertility, Orgies, Satyr, Satyrs, Maenads, Bacchantes, Bacchanalia, Drunkenness, Festivity, Drunk, Bacchus feast, Mystic celebration, Ancient Roman festivals, Bacchae, Drinking bout, Bacchante, Orgy, Bacchanal, Dionysian Mysteries