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A Bacchanal — Sebastiano Ricci
Wine, music, and revelry gather around the god Dionysus. Explore A Bacchanal by Sebastiano Ricci, its recorded subject, and ways to display it.
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A Bather (Echo) (1881) — Jean-Jacques Henner
A love left unanswered becomes a voice that never quite disappears. Explore A Bather (Echo) (1881) by Jean-Jacques Henner, its recorded subject, and ways to display it.
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A Bacchanal — George Frederic Watts
Wine, music, and revelry gather around the god Dionysus. Explore A Bacchanal by George Frederic Watts, its recorded subject, and ways to display it.
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A Bacchanal — Niccolò Frangipane
Wine, music, and revelry gather around the god Dionysus. Explore A Bacchanal by Niccolò Frangipane, its recorded subject, and ways to display it.
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A Bacchanal (ca 1665) — Giulio Carpioni
Wine, music, and revelry gather around the god Dionysus. Explore A Bacchanal (ca 1665) by Giulio Carpioni, its recorded subject, and ways to display it.
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A Bacchanal with Ceres and Satyrs (17th Century) — Antwerp School
Wine, music, and revelry gather around the god Dionysus. Explore A Bacchanal with Ceres and Satyrs (17th Century) by Antwerp School, its recorded subject, and ways to display it.
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A Bacchanal With Ceres, Bacchus And Venus — Jan Brueghel the Younger
Love and beauty belong to Venus, the goddess who rises from the sea. Explore A Bacchanal With Ceres, Bacchus And Venus by Jan Brueghel the Younger, its recorded subject, and ways to display it.
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A bacchanal with nymphs and satyrs dancing, playing music and drinking wine, with a bust of Hermes and a classical temple in a landscape (18th century) — Andrea Locatelli
Wine, music, and revelry gather around the god Dionysus. Explore A bacchanal with nymphs and satyrs dancing, playing music and drinking wine, with a bust of Hermes and a classical temple in a landscape (18th century) by Andrea Locatelli, its recorded subject, and ways to display it.
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A Bacchanale in a classical courtyard — Johann Heinrich Schönfeld
Wine, music, and revelry gather around the god Dionysus. Explore A Bacchanale in a classical courtyard by Johann Heinrich Schönfeld, its recorded subject, and ways to display it.
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A Bacchanalian Revel — William Etty
Wine, music, and revelry gather around the god Dionysus. Explore A Bacchanalian Revel by William Etty, its recorded subject, and ways to display it.
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A Bacchante — Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein
Wine, music, and revelry gather around the god Dionysus. Explore A Bacchante by Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein, its recorded subject, and ways to display it.
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A Bacchante — George Frederic Watts
Wine, music, and revelry gather around the god Dionysus. Explore A Bacchante by George Frederic Watts, its recorded subject, and ways to display it.
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