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Wine Throws Man Off Balance
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Wine Throws Man Off Balance

Dirck Volckertsz. Coornhert · 1551 · etching; engraving; paper

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

About this work

While the drunkard drinks from a chalice, Bacchus tries to throw him off balance by lifting his right foot. In the background a satyr carries a bunch of grapes. The print is part of a four-part series on the consequences of drunkenness.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineWijn brengt de mens uit balans. 1551. Dirck Volckertsz. Coornhert. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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