Dionysian

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Painting by Caravaggio showing a young Bacchus draped in white cloth, wearing a crown of grape leaves, holding a glass of red wine, with fruit and wine on the table.

Dionysian: Media

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Painting by Caravaggio showing a young Bacchus draped in white cloth, wearing a crown of grape leaves, holding a glass of red wine, with fruit and wine on the table.

Caravaggio: Bacchus

Bacchus, oil on canvas by Caravaggio, 1596–97; in the Uffizi Gallery, Florence,...

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