This painting displays a nude male figure with a robust physique floating in the sky in a circular, glowing yellow aura. He has a wide, bearded face, light skin, and white hair adorned with a garland of green leaves. He is holding a jug in one hand from which a dark liquid appears to be pouring out, and in the other hand he holds a branch with clusters of dark fruit. The sky around the central man includes billowing grey clouds. Below him, a crowd of similarly unclothed individuals with light skin are depicted standing on a grassy ground, raising various drinking vessels. Many of them also…
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The Rule of Bacchus [left panel]

painter German 15th/16th Century

Workshop of related artist Albrecht Altdorfer (German, 1480 or before - 1538)

c. 1535

Medium
oil on hardboard transferred from panel
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
left panel: 39 x 15.9 cm (15 3/8 x 6 1/4 in.)
Culture
German
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CNE-R
Credit line
Samuel H. Kress Collection
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
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