Bacchanal with a Statue of Ceres

Minneapolis Institute of Art

Bacchanal with a Statue of Ceres

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Date
1794
Medium
Pen and brown and black ink and gray wash over black chalk
Department
European Art
Institution
Minneapolis Institute of Art
Object ID
89333

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Followers of Bacchus, god of wine and the harvest, celebrated his feast day on September 3. Bacchanals were rowdy, drunken gatherings, often held illicitly in the forest or other wilderness locales. In front of the statue of Ceres, Roman goddess of agriculture, one celebrant commits the ultimate party foul: after consuming one too many, she has fallen to the ground and smashed a large vessel of wine. Meanwhile, her slightly more sober companions—many of them goat-like satyrs—dance, sing, and play instruments. Several carry pan pipes, flutes, cymbals, triangles, and drums. France, Europe

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