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Bacchus and Ampelos
Righetti, Francesco1782
Rijksmuseum
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Bacchus, the god of wine, fell in love with the young satyr Ampelos. When the latter died in a tragic accident, Bacchus changed him into a vine and made wine from his blood. The chalice in Ampelos’s hand refers to this metamorphosis.
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Details
- Title: Bacchus and Ampelos
- Creator: Righetti, Francesco
- Date Created: 1782
- Physical Dimensions: lood
- Rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
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