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Johann Theodor de Bry

Triumph of Bacchus

1580–1623
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FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG

Even the most rollicking early modern parties probably did not include fauns and satyrs, but bell-wearing acrobats, like the one tumbling in the foreground, were often hired by wealthy hosts.

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