Black-and-white engraving of a crowded Bacchic procession with a chariot, dancing revelers, and columns at right beneath a distant hilltop town.

The Triumph of Bacchus

An engraving of a triumphal procession with a chariot carrying a reclining figure of Bacchus, surrounded by dancing, cavorting revelers, satyrs and figures waving vine branches. Classical columns frame a building at right, a hilltop town rises in the distance, and Latin verses run along the lower margin.

Artist: Johann Theodor de Bry
Date: n.d.
Medium: Engraving in black on cream laid paper
Source: Art Institute of Chicago
Size: 1686 × 760 px

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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1623).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Potter Palmer

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