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Bacchus with Drinking Cup and Vine Branches
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Bacchus with Drinking Cup and Vine Branches

Jacob Binck · 1530 · engraving; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Bacchus as god of wine accompanied by a small god with goat legs and grapevines. The inscription PAMPINEAS VIMIS DOCVIT QVI ADIVMGERE VITES attributes to Bacchus a role in the growth of the grapevine, he would have taught the vines to cling to branches (twigs).

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Credit lineBacchus met drinkschaal en wijnranken. 1530. Jacob Binck. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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