Bacchus Collection (#10)

Louis XVI side cabinet, commissioned by the Marchand-Mercier Claude-Francois Julliot
CH469021 Louis XVI side cabinet, commissioned by the Marchand-Mercier Claude-Francois Julliot, incorporating Louis XIV marquetry panels, c.1775-1800 (ormolu mounted)

Bacchus and Ariadne (engraving)
5988953 Bacchus and Ariadne (engraving) by Turner, Joseph Mallord William (1775-1851) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Bacchus and Ariadne. Loose engraving, c 1870.); © Look and Learn

Black basalt Wedgwood vase with bas-relief depicting Mercury presenting Bacchus to Juno (autotype)
6014474 Black basalt Wedgwood vase with bas-relief depicting Mercury presenting Bacchus to Juno (autotype) by English Photographer

Gods of Ancient Greece and Rome. Illustration for Bilder-Atlas (engraving)
5996289 Gods of Ancient Greece and Rome. Illustration for Bilder-Atlas (engraving) by German School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Gods of Ancient Greece and Rome)

Bacchus and Ceres, not after 1710 (oil on canvas)
5938164 Bacchus and Ceres, not after 1710 (oil on canvas) by Ricci, Sebastiano (1658-1734); 86.4x109.5 cm; Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge, UK; eFitzwilliam Museum; Italian

The last of the series of six Bacchanalian Basso-relivos, in ivory, ascribed to Fiamingo (engraving)
5199354 The last of the series of six Bacchanalian Basso-relivos, in ivory, ascribed to Fiamingo (engraving) by English School

Jupiter, Juno, Apollo, Minerva, Hercules, Bacchus (engraving)
5200880 Jupiter, Juno, Apollo, Minerva, Hercules, Bacchus (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Jupiter, Juno, Apollo, Minerva, Hercules, Bacchus)

Bacchus and Ariadne, 1710-20 (oil on canvas)
3930883 Bacchus and Ariadne, 1710-20 (oil on canvas) by Bertin, Nicolas (c.1667-1736); 73X92 cm; National Museum, Stockholm

Vertumnus (oil on canvas)
3930880 Vertumnus (oil on canvas) by Romanelli, Giovanni Francesco (Il Viterbese) (1610-62); 110x111 cm; National Museum, Stockholm

Attic black figure amphora depicting a Dionysiac scene, 540-530 BC (earthenware)
REV116576 Attic black figure amphora depicting a Dionysiac scene, 540-530 BC (earthenware) by Amasis Painter (fl.c.560-515 BC); height:33 cm; Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, France; Greek

The Galleria Carracci, detail of the gilded stuccoed wall decoration with
BEN107147 The Galleria Carracci, detail of the gilded stuccoed wall decoration with niches containing marble sculpture, 1597-1604 (photo) by Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609); Palazzo Farnese, Rome

Black-figure amphora depicting Dionysus and Ariadne Banqueting, Greek, 530-520 BC (clay)
FIT111274 Black-figure amphora depicting Dionysus and Ariadne Banqueting, Greek, 530-520 BC (clay) by Lysippides Painter (fl.530-510 BC) (manner of); height: 30.7 cm; Fitzwilliam Museum

Dance of maenads to Dionysos, illustration from Greek Vase Paintings by J. E. Harrison and D. S
LLM438539 Dance of maenads to Dionysos, illustration from Greek Vase Paintings by J. E. Harrison and D. S. MacColl, published 1894 (digitaly enhanced image) by English School

Dionysus riding a bull, illustration from Greek Vase Paintings by J. E. Harrison and D. S
LLM438506 Dionysus riding a bull, illustration from Greek Vase Paintings by J. E. Harrison and D. S. MacColl, published 1894 (digitaly enhanced image) by English School

Dionysos, Hephaistos and satyrs, illustration from Greek Vase Paintings by J. E. Harrison and D. S
LLM438504 Dionysos, Hephaistos and satyrs, illustration from Greek Vase Paintings by J. E. Harrison and D. S. MacColl, published 1894 (digitaly enhanced image) by English School

Pedestal table, 1804-14 (gilded wood)
MMT157990 Pedestal table, 1804-14 (gilded wood) by Italian School, (19th century); diam: 66 cm; Musee Marmottan Monet, Paris, France; Italian, out of copyright

Initiation rites of the cult of Dionysus, fresco from the Villa Dei Mysteri
XIR57187 Initiation rites of the cult of Dionysus, fresco from the Villa Dei Mysteri, 1st century BC (fresco) by Roman, (1st century BC); Villa dei Misteri, Pompeii

Allegorical figures
AII78318 Allegorical figures by Dossi, Dosso (c.1479-1542); Galleria e Museo Estense, Modena, Italy; Italian, out of copyright

Allegory of the Chianti region from the ceiling of the Salone dei Cinquecento
BEN82466 Allegory of the Chianti region from the ceiling of the Salone dei Cinquecento, 1565 (panel) by Vasari, Giorgio (1511-74) (and workshop); Palazzo Vecchio (Palazzo della Signoria) Florence

Ariadne in Naxos, from the Story of Theseus (oil on panel)
PWI84004 Ariadne in Naxos, from the Story of Theseus (oil on panel) by Master of the Campana Cassoni, (fl.c.1510); 69x155 cm; Musee du Petit Palais, Avignon, France; ePeter Willi; French

Bacchus, Australian race horse, owned and trained by W Kelso. Winner of three races. Date: circa late 1920s

Autumn: Vintage Festival, 1877 (oil on canvas)
BIR99631 Autumn: Vintage Festival, 1877 (oil on canvas) by Alma-Tadema, Lawrence (1836-1912); 74.9x38 cm; Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery; English, out of copyright

High Priest Coresus Sacrificing Himself to Save Callirhoe
PWI89786 High Priest Coresus Sacrificing Himself to Save Callirhoe, scene from Description of Greece by Pausanias (2nd century AD) 1765 (oil on canvas) by Fragonard

Figures in a Roman landscape
AGN81815 Figures in a Roman landscape by Bloemen, Jan Frans van (Orizonte) (1662-1749); 129.6x99.1 cm; Private Collection; Photo eAgnew s, London; Flemish, out of copyright

Antique mosaic floor from the House of the Faun, Pompeii
Antique mosaic floor picture of cupid holding a goblet riding on a lion from the House of the Faun, Casa del Fauno House of Goethe in Pompeii, excavated 10th December 1830

The Birth of Dionysus, Proto-Apulian red-figure krater, late 5th century BC - early 4th
BEN209265 The Birth of Dionysus, Proto-Apulian red-figure krater, late 5th century BC - early 4th century BC (ceramic) (detail of 153339) by Greek; height: 87.5cm cm; Museo Archeologico Nazionale

Religious caps and instruments
Priests cap called the Apex from a basrelief on the Capitol 1, cap of a high priest of Jupiter from the Temple of Jupiter the Thunderer 2, religious cap used by Flamen priests of Bacchus 3

Plaque depicting the triumph of Bacchus and Ariadne. Chromolithograph by W. Griggs from Frederick Rathbones Old Wedgwood, the Decorative or Artistic Ceramic Work Produced by Josiah Wedgwood

John Flaxmans wine vase decorated with grape foliage, and a satyr grasping a rams head. Chromolithograph W. Griggs from Frederick Rathbones Old Wedgwood

Statue of Hermes and the Infant Dionysus, c. 330 BC (parian marble)
MAE172549 Statue of Hermes and the Infant Dionysus, c.330 BC (parian marble) by Praxiteles (c.400-c.330 BC); height: 210 cm cm; Archaeological Museum, Olympia, Archaia

Wall painting showing Bacchus, Venus and Apollo from a secluded seated area in a corner of a garden in the Domus M. Herenulli Communis or House of Apollo, Reg. VI, Ins. VII, No. 23

Wall painting of Bacchus with peacocks and fountains from a garden wall in the House of Romulus and Remus, VII.VII.10. Chromolithograph by Victor Steeger after an illustration by Geremia Discanno

Statue of a Bacchante in animal skin and garlands. In the Vatican Palace. Copperplate engraving from Pietro Paolo Montagnani-Mirabilis Il Museo Capitolino (The Capitoline Museum), Rome, 1820

Vase with depiction of a festival to Bacchus, woman holding vine leaf with basket on her head, and two men holding torch and javelins. In the British Museum

Hotel Gouthiere, courtyard facade, c. 1921-22 (see also 345984) (b / w photo)
XIR345983 Hotel Gouthiere, courtyard facade, c.1921-22 (see also 345984) (b/w photo) by Giraudon, studio (1912-53); Paris, France; (add.info.: Hotel Gouthiere)

The design of the Tazza Farnese (red chalk with gouache on paper)
449300 The design of the Tazza Farnese (red chalk with gouache on paper) by Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640); 23.4x21.6 cm; eThe Devonshire Collections, Chatsworth; (add.info.: After Annibale Carracci)

Depictions of Bacchus, conqueror of India, on Roman vases. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrarios Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World

Sacred instruments to Egyptian, Greek and Roman gods including phallic statue to Bacchus, sacrificial altars, vases, ladles, etc

Festival of the vendange (grape harvest) at the Exposition Universelle of 1900 in Paris (colour litho)
2807852 Festival of the vendange (grape harvest) at the Exposition Universelle of 1900 in Paris (colour litho) by French School

Mercury entrusting Bacchus to the Nymphs
3433589 Mercury entrusting Bacchus to the Nymphs by Chiari, Giuseppe Bartolomeo (1654-1724); Galleria Spada, Rome, Lazio, Italy; (add.info)

Woman performing the Bacchic dance of Euripides
Female dancer in voluminous robes performing the third action (turn of the head) in the Bacchic dance of Euripides. Copperplate engraving by Tommaso Piroli from his Antiquities of Herculaneum

Dancer in a long transparent dress
Dancer in a long voluminous, transparent dress reminiscent of that of the Lydians and Phrygians. It may be Bacchus consort Ariadne

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"Bacchus: The Divine Revelry of Greek Mythology" In the illustrious realm of Greek gods in the Olymp, one deity stands out for his wild and exuberant nature - Bacchus. Also known as Dionysus, this god of wine and ecstasy has captivated hearts since ancient times. Dating back to 1880, a magnificent depiction of Dionysus on his throne showcases his regal presence and divine aura. Another masterpiece from 1901 portrays Dionysus surrounded by the Maenads, his devoted female followers who embody unrestrained passion. The cult of Dionysus is renowned for its initiation rites, as depicted in a captivating fresco from the Villa Dei Mysteri. This artwork transports us to an era where believers celebrated their devotion through rituals filled with fervor and mysticism. Silenus gathering grapes in a painting by Carracci reminds us that Bacchus is not only associated with revelry but also symbolizes fertility and abundance. Such imagery evokes visions of vineyards brimming with succulent fruit ready to be transformed into heavenly nectar. Even during Roman times, Bacchic worship continued to flourish as seen in a mesmerizing mosaic detail at El Djem depicting an infant Dionysus riding on a tiger's back. This enchanting portrayal highlights both the god's innocence and untamed power. Moving forward through history, we encounter intriguing representations like that of a redhead flapper posing within Pan's mask or a fourth-style fresco showcasing Bacchus alongside Vesuvius volcano at Pompeii's House of Centenary – blending mythological figures with natural wonders. Artistic interpretations have perpetuated throughout centuries; Juan Carreño de Miranda's "La monstrua" captures Bacchic allure while Leonardo da Vinci’s school presents their own vision influenced by Renaissance aesthetics. Lastly, Midas' infamous touch turning everything into gold finds its place in the Bacchic narrative.