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1779 G.B. Cannetti, Statue of Baccante, Greek mythology, hand coloured engraving

1779 G.B. Cannetti, Statue of Baccante, Greek mythology, hand coloured engraving

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Statue of Baccante

Copperplate engraving by Giovanni Battista Cannetti from copper plates of the most beautiful ancient statues of Rome:

Calcografia di piu belle statue antiche a Roma

Overall dimensions 20.8 x 27.3 cm

Light hand colour.

Engraved by Cannetti all'Arco della Ciambella

Published by Gaetano Quojani, Rome, 1779.

In Greek mythology, maenads were the female followers of Dionysus and the most significant members of the Thiasus, the god s retinue. Their name literally translates as raving ones, Maenads were known as Bassarids, Bacchae, or Bacchantes

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