Image: Bacchus (painting)
Description: This painting was first described in the French royal inventory as Saint John the Baptist in the Desert, then at the end of the 17th century, possibly as the result of a restoration, as Bacchus in a Landscape. Like Leonardo's half-length portrait Saint John the Baptist, it is a syncretic work. The index finger pointing upward toward a divine sign and the deer are Christian symbols. The thyrsis, the crown of vine leaves or ivy, the bunch of grapes, and the panther skin are attributes of Bacchus.
Title: Saint John the Baptist, known as Bacchuslabel QS:Lfr,"Saint Jean-Baptiste - Bacchus" label QS:Lit,"San Giovanni Battista, conosciuto come Bacco" label QS:Lru,"Иоанн Креститель (Вакх)" label QS:Lde,"Johannes der Täufer, auch bekannt als Bacchus" label QS:Len,"Saint John the Baptist, known as Bacchus"
Credit: 1. leonardo-davinci.net.au, primarly uploaded to the english wikipedia 2. GalleriX
Author: Workshop of Leonardo da Vinci
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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