Bacchus

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Number:077654

Title:Bacchus

Artist: Jordaens, Jacob (1593-1678)

Museum: Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp

Method: Oil on canvas

Created: Between 1640 and 1650

School: Flanders

Category: Mythology, Allegory and Literature

Trend in art: Baroque

Keywords: Drinking, Wine, 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