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Return of Vulcanus with Bacchus
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Return of Vulcanus with Bacchus

Jacob Matham · 1616 · letterpress printing; engraving; paper

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

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Bacchus in his chariot drawn by leopards accompanies Vulcanus, who returns backwards on a donkey to Olympus, where Juno and Jupiter welcome him. Below the clouds, the island of Lemnos, where he arrived after being thrown from Olympus by Jupiter. Book illustration for: Lof-sanck van Bacchus, 1616.

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Credit lineTerugkeer van Vulcanus met Bacchus. 1616. Jacob Matham. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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