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Bacchanal with Drunken Bacchus, Satyrs and Maenads
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
While researching sex in antiquity, Beverland must have read a great deal about the Bacchanalia. These effusive Roman feasts in honour of the god Bacchus were characterized by drunkenness and sexual excesses. In Raimondi’s engraving, an inebriated Bacchus, satyrs, and maenads indulge in a similar celebration. At the left a satyress even abuses a statue.
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Credit lineBacchanaal met dronken Bacchus en saters en maenaden. 1510 - 1527. Marcantonio Raimondi. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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