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Wine Disturbs the Senses and Causes Memory Loss
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Bacchus defeats Minerva, goddess of wisdom, with a sword. He pushes her away. Behind Bacchus lies the wounded personification of the senses. Wine thus causes memory loss and disturbs the senses. The print is part of a four-part series on the consequences of drunkenness.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineWijn verstoort de zintuigen en veroorzaakt geheugenverlies. 1551. Dirck Volckertsz. Coornhert. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
