Sujet

Sassuolo, Este Ducal Palace, Gallery of Bacchus

Légende

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.
Palazzo Ducale Estense, Sassuolo (MO), Emilia Romagna, Italia - Italy

Date

03 nov. 2006

Crédit

Ghigo Roli/Photo12

Notre référence

GHR23A00_022

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

72,3Mo (6,4Mo) / 51,5cm x 35,2cm / 6078 x 4160 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Sea Italy Emilia Romagna Modena Sassuolo Art Artwork Painting Tempera 17th century Il Seicento 17th Century Barocco Baroque Palazzo Palace Gallery Jean Boulanger Mythology Olympus Divinity God Dionysus Bacchus Greek Myth Maenad Bacchae Orpheus Corpse Killing Violence Murder Man Elderly Old Ebro River Seastack Sea

Restrictions

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