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Bacchus

A saint who became a god.

What

A seated youth in a rocky wilderness, crowned with vine leaves and dressed in a leopard skin, pointing into the distance.

Why

The picture began as Saint John the Baptist; in the late seventeenth century, in the French royal collection, it was repainted with the attributes of Bacchus.

Notice

The vine leaves in his hair and the thyrsus in his hand, both added by a later brush.

“In a king’s collection, even a saint could be turned to the vine.”

Format

The full-resolution, colour-managed file — yours to print and keep. Editions ship with their certificate.

Sized to protect print quality — this source supports sizes up to 40x60" cleanly.

Size

$49.00

Honesty

Reproduction

A faithful reproduction of a public-domain work. Source: Musée du Louvre, Paris, INV 780.

Kind: reproduction
Artist: Workshop of Leonardo da Vinci
Era: Workshop of Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1510–15
Source: Musée du Louvre, Paris

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Rights: CLEAR. Public domain — U.S. 95-year rule (source published 1930 or earlier). Cleared by registry on 2026-11-01. Musée du Louvre, Paris, INV 780. Wikimedia Commons imageinfo + wikitext read 2026-11-01: 5693x8649 image/jpeg; licence template {{PD-Art|PD-old-100-1923}}; extmetadata License=pd.