This statue is an early work by the sculptor, painter and architect Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564) completed around 1497. It is of Bacchus, the Roman god of wine, agriculture and fertility (the equivalent to the Greek god of wine Dionysus). His reeling pose with a goblet of wine in his right hand shows his intoxication. Behind him on his left is a faun, half man, half goat. The plump, rounded flesh of the statue gives a sense of the androgyny associated with Bacchus. | |
Licence : | Droits gérés |
Crédit: | Science Photo Library / Terry, Sheila |
Taille de l’image : | 3414 px × 5118 px |
Model Release : | Non requis |
Property Release : | Non requis |
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