Ancient World
Bacchus (Michelangelo)
Bacchus (1496–1497) is a marble sculpture by the Italian High Renaissance sculptor, painter, architect and poet Michelangelo. The statue is somewhat over life-size and represents Bacchus, the Roman god of wine, in a reeling pose suggestive of drunkenness. Commissioned by Raffaele Riario, a high-ranking Cardinal and collector of antique sculpture, it was rejected by him and was bought instead by Jacopo Galli, Riario's banker and a friend to Michelangelo. Together with the Pietà, the Bacchus is one of only two surviving sculptures from the artist's first period in Rome.
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Daming Palace.
Beth Alpha.
See also
- ▸Boundary End Archaeology Research Center
- ▸Grace Episcopal Church (Jonesville, Michigan)
- ▸Argentovaria
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