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Sassuolo, Este Ducal Palace, Gallery of Bacchus: "The bacchantes kill Orpheus with stones and sticks for refusing to sing the praises of Bacchus". The painting depicts a marina dominated by a stack while in the foreground there is an allegorical figure of an old man (it depicts the Ebro, the river into which Orpheus' head will be thrown). It is one of the forty-one panels with scenes painted by Jean Boulanger which narrate the events of Bacchus. Wall tempera painting, 1650 - 52.
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Caption:
Sassuolo, Este Ducal Palace, Gallery of Bacchus: "The bacchantes kill Orpheus with stones and sticks for refusing to sing the praises of Bacchus". The painting depicts a marina dominated by a stack while in the foreground there is an allegorical figure of an old man (it depicts the Ebro, the river into which Orpheus' head will be thrown). It is one of the forty-one panels with scenes painted by Jean Boulanger which narrate the events of Bacchus. Wall tempera painting, 1650 - 52.
Credit:
Album / Ghigo Roli
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Image size:
6078 x 4160 px | 72.3 MB
Print size:
51.5 x 35.2 cm | 20.3 x 13.9 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
17TH CENTURY • 17TH CENTURY, THE • 17TH • AGE • ARCHITECTURE: GALLERY • ART • ARTS • ARTWORK • ASSASSINATION • BACCHAE • BACCHANTE • BACCHUS • BAROQUE STYLE • BAROQUE • BODY • CADAVER • CASTLE • CORPS • CORPSE • DEAD BODY • DEITY • DIONYSUS • DIVINITY • ELDERLY • FLEET • FORTRESS • GALLERY • GALLERY, ARCHITECTURE • GOD • GODHEAD • GODS • GREEK MYTH • HOMICIDE • INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER • ITALIA • ITALY • KILL • KILLING • KILLS • LEGEND • MAENAD • MAN • MARINE • MATURITY • MEN • MURDER • MYTHOLOGY • NAVY • OCEAN • OLD MAN • OLD • OLYMPUS • ORPHEUS • PAINT • PAINTING • PALACE • PALAZZO • RIVER • SASSUOLO (MO) • SEA • SEAS • SEASTACK • VIOLENCE
