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In the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland · as of August 2026
FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG
Philosophers and moralists cautioned against drinking straight from the vat, because, as Bacchus's exalted pose suggests, only a god could handle such an intoxicating drink. Mere mortals usually mixed their wine with water until the 1800s.
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Andrea Mantegna — Bacchanal with a Wine Vat
Andrea Mantegna — Bacchanal with Wine Vat
Daniel Hopfer (German, c. 1470–1536) — The Bacchanal
Andrea Mantegna — Bacchanal with Wine Vat
Giovanni Antonio da Brescia (Italian) — Bacchanal with Silen
Ludovico Carracci|Oliviero Gatti — Allegorical composition w
Giorgio Ghisi (Italian, 1520–1582) — The Death of Procris
Johann Theodor de Bry (German, 1561–1623) — Triumph of Bacch
Antonio Pollaiuolo — Battle of the Nude Men
Antonio del Pollaiuolo (Italian, 1431/32–1498) — Battle of t
Maarten van Heemskerck|Dirck Volckertsz Coornhert — Apollo a
Girolamo Mocetto — The metamorphosis of Amymone who lies at 
