Bacchanalia in the society of Pan by Sebastiano Ricci

Bacchanalia in the society of Pan by Sebastiano Ricci

Painting by Italian artist Sebastian Ricci “Bacchanalia in the society of Pan.” The size of the painting is 84 x 100 cm, oil on canvas.

Pan, in Greek mythology, was originally the god of the flocks, the patron saint of shepherds, then all of nature. Depicted as a man with goat horns, hooves and a beard. It corresponds to the Roman god of fertility, patron of cattle, fields and forests Faun.

Bacchanalia, in ancient Rome, festivals in honor of Dionysus, from the second century BC, acquired the character of orgies. In a figurative sense – lustful rampant, wild orgy.

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