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Bacchante

1881

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The story

Bacchantes, the Roman name for the maenads or raving ones, were the female followers of Bacchus. Their rites meant wine and frenzied dancing to crashing cymbals, and in Euripides' Bacchae they tear apart King Pentheus for banning the god's worship.

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Object details

Title: Bacchante
Artist: Gyula Benczúr
Date: 1881
Culture: Not recorded
Medium: Oil on canvas
Object type: Paintings
Collection: Hungarian National Gallery (2784)
Credit line: Image source Wikimedia Commons. License Public domain.
Object number: EFA.0630
Original image: 1826 × 3000 px
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License evidence: See the license

Cite this object

Gyula Benczúr. Bacchante. 1881. Hungarian National Gallery (2784). Image source Wikimedia Commons. License Public domain. In The Secret Cabinet, https://thesecretcabinet.com/object/ea0630/