Bacchanalian Revel (c.1720). Gustavus Hesselius (Swedish, 1682-1755). Oil on canvas. PAFA.Revelers d
Bacchanalian Revel (c.1720). Gustavus Hesselius (Swedish, 1682-1755). Oil on canvas. PAFA.Revelers drink and dance before a “herm,” or pillar crowned with the torso and head of an ancient god. Mythological creatures such as maenads and satyrs dance around Silenus, the ancient god of dance and drunkenness and a companion of Bacchus. On the right, a female nymph points to none other than the young Bacchus, a stumbling, drunken child depicted with his traditional thyrsus, or staff. -- source link
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