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Oil Painting - Autumn Vintage Festival
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Basic Information | Accession Number: | 1911P62 |
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Collection: | Fine Art Paintings and Sculpture |
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Date: | 1877 - 1877 |
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Maker Information | Artist: | Sir Lawrence Alma Tadema - View biography for Sir Lawrence Alma Tadema |
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Notes | One of four paintings by Alma-Tadema illustrating the four seasons. The scene depicts an offering to Bacchus, the Roman god of wine, taking place in a wine cellar. A female worshipper or bacchante dances as she pours the wine from a drinking vessel known as a rhyton into a bowl. A bronze image of Bacchus hangs in the top right of the image, the bacchante wears ivy and a leopard skin, symbols of the god. | Presented by the Family of Albert Morcom, 1911. |
Further Information | Production Period: | 19th century |
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School/Style: | Old Master |
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Medium: | Oil on canvas. |
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Material(s): | Oil paint |
Dimensions | Height: | 753 mm |
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Width: | 381 mm |
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