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Dionysius Collection

Background imageDionysius Collection: Dionysus and the Maenads, 1901

Dionysus and the Maenads, 1901. A print from The Magazine of Art, Cassell and Company, Limited, 1901

Background imageDionysius Collection: Infant Dionysus Riding on a Tiger, Roman mosaic detail at El Djem, Tunisia. c2nd century

Infant Dionysus Riding on a Tiger, Roman mosaic detail at El Djem, Tunisia. c2nd century. Mosaic uncovered in the Trajan Baths, Acholla, Tunisia

Background imageDionysius Collection: Dionysius in a sailing boat surrounded by dolphins, Ancient Greek dish (Krater), 530 BC

Dionysius in a sailing boat surrounded by dolphins, Ancient Greek dish (Krater), 530 BC. The boat is carrying a cargo of grapevines. Dionysius was the Ancient Greek god of wine

Background imageDionysius Collection: Bacchus, 1638-1640. Artist: Peter Paul Rubens

Bacchus, 1638-1640. Artist: Peter Paul Rubens
Bacchus, 1638-1640. Rubens, Pieter Paul (1577-1640). Found in the collection of the State Hermitage, St. Petersburg

Background imageDionysius Collection: Roman marble sarcophagus with Dionysiac scenes, 2nd century

Roman marble sarcophagus with Dionysiac scenes, 2nd century
Roman marble sarcophagus with Dionysiac scenes, also showing centaurs, fauns, and Silenus. From the National Museum in Rome, 2nd century

Background imageDionysius Collection: Coptic Textile, Portrait of Dionysus. 5th Century

Coptic Textile, Portrait of Dionysus. 5th Century. Egypt. Dionysus is the god of the grape harvest, winemaking and wine, of ritual madness, fertility

Background imageDionysius Collection: Roman bronze of the infant Bacchus

Roman bronze of the infant Bacchus found at Chatillion-sur-Seine France

Background imageDionysius Collection: Bacchus, Ancient Roman god of Wine, riding on a tiger, Roman mosaic, 1st or 2nd century

Bacchus, Ancient Roman god of Wine, riding on a tiger, Roman mosaic, 1st or 2nd century. Bacchus was known as Dionysius in the Greek pantheon. From the British Museum, London

Background imageDionysius Collection: Statue of Dionysus

Statue of Dionysus. Roman, after a Greek original of 3rd century BC. Found in the collection of The Hermitage, St Petersburg

Background imageDionysius Collection: Festival of Dionysius, 1549. 1549. Creator: Anon

Festival of Dionysius, 1549. 1549. Creator: Anon
Festival of Dionysius, 1549

Background imageDionysius Collection: Monime, 1647. Creators: Gilles Rousselet, Abraham Bosse

Monime, 1647. Creators: Gilles Rousselet, Abraham Bosse
Monime, 1647. Monime. After Claude Vignon

Background imageDionysius Collection: Scene from the new comedy of 'Old Heads and Young Hearts'

Scene from the new comedy of "Old Heads and Young Hearts"
Scene from the new comedy of " Old Heads and Young Hearts", at the Haymarket Theatre, 1844. London stage production of a comedy of manners by Dion Boucicault

Background imageDionysius Collection: The Happy Ascetic, 1724, and Leveridges Songs, 1727, (1809), (1827). Creator: Thomas Cook

The Happy Ascetic, 1724, and Leveridges Songs, 1727, (1809), (1827). Creator: Thomas Cook
Frontispiece to the Happy Ascetic, 1724, and Frontispiece to Leveridges Songs, 1727, (1809), (1827). Illustrations published in " The Happy Ascetick

Background imageDionysius Collection: Bacchus and Ariadne, 1520-1523, (c1950). Creator: Titian

Bacchus and Ariadne, 1520-1523, (c1950). Creator: Titian
Bacchus and Ariadne, 1520-1523, (c1950). The constellation in the sky is the golden crown which Bacchus presented to his bride. Painting in the National Gallery, London

Background imageDionysius Collection: Bacchus and Ariadne, c1740, (1928). Artist: Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

Bacchus and Ariadne, c1740, (1928). Artist: Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
Bacchus and Ariadne, c1740, (1928).Pen with wash on paper. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA. Italian Venetian painter and printmaker Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (1696-1770)

Background imageDionysius Collection: Dionysus Sea-faring, (Berlin Museum), 1886

Dionysus Sea-faring, (Berlin Museum), 1886. Ancient Greek scene depicting the god Dionysus on a sailing ship. Decoration on the Dionysus Cup

Background imageDionysius Collection: Jugendstil building, Minoritska 8, Brno, Czech Republic, 2016. Artist: Alan John Ainsworth

Jugendstil building, Minoritska 8, Brno, Czech Republic, 2016. Artist: Alan John Ainsworth
Jugendstil building-Minoritska 8, Brno, Czech Republic, 2016

Background imageDionysius Collection: Intended statues for Waterloo Place, 1821. Artist: JL Marks

Intended statues for Waterloo Place, 1821. Artist: JL Marks
Intended statues for Waterloo Place, 1821. Two large figures on a low pedestal embracing. King George IV is shown as Bacchus and Lady Conyngham as Ariadne

Background imageDionysius Collection: Mithridates defying the Romans, 1852. Artist: John Leech

Mithridates defying the Romans, 1852. Artist: John Leech
Mithridates defying the Romans, 1852. From The Comic History of Rome, by Gilbert A A Beckett, illustrated by John Leech. [Bradbury, Agnew & Co, London, 1852]

Background imageDionysius Collection: Valiant feat of Young Mithridates, 1852. Artist: John Leech

Valiant feat of Young Mithridates, 1852. Artist: John Leech
Valiant feat of Young Mithridates, 1852. From The Comic History of Rome, by Gilbert A A Beckett, illustrated by John Leech. [Bradbury, Agnew & Co, London, 1852]

Background imageDionysius Collection: Bacchanalian Group, from a very old Vase, 1852. Artist: John Leech

Bacchanalian Group, from a very old Vase, 1852. Artist: John Leech
Bacchanalian Group, from a very old Vase, 1852. From The Comic History of Rome, by Gilbert A A Beckett, illustrated by John Leech. [Bradbury, Agnew & Co, London, 1852]

Background imageDionysius Collection: Los Borrachos, (The Triumph of Bacchus), 1628-1629, (c1934) Artist: Diego Velasquez

Los Borrachos, (The Triumph of Bacchus), 1628-1629, (c1934) Artist: Diego Velasquez
Los Borrachos, (The Triumph of Bacchus), 1628-1629, (c1934). A 1628 painting by Diego Velazquez, now in the Museo del Prado, in Madrid. The painting shows Bacchus surrounded by drunks

Background imageDionysius Collection: The Feast of the Gods, 1514-1529. Artist: Giovanni Bellini

The Feast of the Gods, 1514-1529. Artist: Giovanni Bellini
The Feast of the Gods, 1514-1529. The painting is part of the Widener Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. From Masterpieces of Painting, edited by Huntington Cairns and John Walker

Background imageDionysius Collection: Madame Cail as a Bacchante by Louis-Marie Sicardi (1746-1825), 1912

Madame Cail as a Bacchante by Louis-Marie Sicardi (1746-1825), 1912
Madame Cail as a Bacchante after a minature by Louis-Marie Sicardi (1746-1825) dated 1788. A Bacchante in Roman mythology is a female follower of Bacchus, god of wine and intoxication. Taken from R

Background imageDionysius Collection: Throne of the priest, Temple of Dionysus, Athens, Greece, late 19th or early 20th century

Throne of the priest, Temple of Dionysus, Athens, Greece, late 19th or early 20th century. Dionysus was the Greek god of wine. The theatre was used by the Ancient Greeks for festivals in his honour

Background imageDionysius Collection: Mithridates, 1852. Artist: John Leech

Mithridates, 1852. Artist: John Leech
Mithridates, 1852. From The Comic History of Rome, by Gilbert A A Beckett, illustrated by John Leech. [Bradbury, Agnew & Co, London, 1852]

Background imageDionysius Collection: Mithridates, his rash Act, 1852. Artist: John Leech

Mithridates, his rash Act, 1852. Artist: John Leech
Mithridates, his rash Act, 1852. From The Comic History of Rome, by Gilbert A A Beckett, illustrated by John Leech. [Bradbury, Agnew & Co, London, 1852]

Background imageDionysius Collection: The Laughing Faun, 2nd century BC

The Laughing Faun, 2nd century BC. Faun in rouge antique marble, from an original of the late hellenistic period. From Hadrians Villa, Tivoli

Background imageDionysius Collection: Mithridates the Great, King of Pontus, (1902)

Mithridates the Great, King of Pontus, (1902). Portrait of Mithridates VI (132-63 BC) after a coin, from Theodore Reinachs Mithridate Eupator

Background imageDionysius Collection: Mercury Giving the Child Bacchus to the Nymphs of Nysa, 1638. Artist: Laurent de la Hyre

Mercury Giving the Child Bacchus to the Nymphs of Nysa, 1638. Artist: Laurent de la Hyre
Mercury Giving the Child Bacchus to the Nymphs of Nysa, 1638. Found in the collection of the State Hermitage, St Petersburg

Background imageDionysius Collection: Bacchus Procession, 17th century. Artist: Frans Francken II

Bacchus Procession, 17th century. Artist: Frans Francken II
Bacchus Procession, 17th century. Found in the collection of the State Art Museum, Tula, Russia

Background imageDionysius Collection: Bacchus and Ariadne on the Island of Naxos, 17th century. Artist: Cornelis van Poelenburgh

Bacchus and Ariadne on the Island of Naxos, 17th century. Artist: Cornelis van Poelenburgh
Bacchus and Ariadne on the Island of Naxos, 17th century. Found in the collection of the State Open-air Museum Palace Gatchina, St Petersburg

Background imageDionysius Collection: Sleeping Bacchus, 17th century. Artist: Abraham Jansz van Diepenbeeck

Sleeping Bacchus, 17th century. Artist: Abraham Jansz van Diepenbeeck
Sleeping Bacchus, 17th century. Found in the collection of the State A Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

Background imageDionysius Collection: Bacchus and Ariadne, 1780s. Artist: Giuseppe Cades

Bacchus and Ariadne, 1780s. Artist: Giuseppe Cades
Bacchus and Ariadne, 1780s. Cades, Giuseppe (1750-1799). Found in the collection of the State A. Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

Background imageDionysius Collection: Midas Feast in Honour of Bacchus and Silenus. c. 16th century. Artist: Lucas van Valckenborch

Midas Feast in Honour of Bacchus and Silenus. c. 16th century. Artist: Lucas van Valckenborch
Midas Feast in Honour of Bacchus and Silenus. Valckenborch, Gillis, van (1570-1622). Found in the collection of the State A. Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

Background imageDionysius Collection: Bacchanalia, c1615. Artist: Peter Paul Rubens

Bacchanalia, c1615. Artist: Peter Paul Rubens
Bacchanalia, c1615. Found in the collection of the State A Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

Background imageDionysius Collection: Bacchanale, c1600-1638. Artist: Jacques Blanchard

Bacchanale, c1600-1638. Artist: Jacques Blanchard
Bacchanale, c1600-1638. Found in the collection of the Nancy, Musee des Beaux-Arts

Background imageDionysius Collection: Dionysus, from the east pediment of the Parthenon, 447-432 BC

Dionysus, from the east pediment of the Parthenon, 447-432 BC. The Ancient Greek god of wine. From the British Museum, London

Background imageDionysius Collection: Ariadne, 1615. Artist: Leonard Gaultier

Ariadne, 1615. Artist: Leonard Gaultier
Ariadne, 1615. Ariadne, in Greek mythology, was daughter of King Minos of Crete and his queen, Pasiphae. She is associated both with the battle of Theseus and the Minotaur; and with the god Dionysus

Background imageDionysius Collection: Bacchus, after a Roman statue, 1757. Artist: Bernard de Montfaucon

Bacchus, after a Roman statue, 1757. Artist: Bernard de Montfaucon
Bacchus, after a Roman statue, 1757. A plate from Supplement au livre de L antiquite expliquee et representee en figures, Paris, 1757. Private Collection

Background imageDionysius Collection: Madonna and Child enthroned with the Saints, 1483. Artist: Domenico Ghirlandaio

Madonna and Child enthroned with the Saints, 1483. Artist: Domenico Ghirlandaio
Madonna and Child enthroned with the Saints, 1483. St Dionysius, Aeropagita, Domenic, Clement and Thomas Aquinas. Found in the collection of the Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, Italy

Background imageDionysius Collection: Bacchus, c1597. Artist: Michelangelo Caravaggio

Bacchus, c1597. Artist: Michelangelo Caravaggio
Bacchus, c1597. Bacchus, Roman god of wine (Dionysius in the Greek pantheon), seated as at a banquet, with a wreath of vine leaves, holding a drinking vessel. From the Uffizi Gallery, Florence

Background imageDionysius Collection: The Triumph of Bacchus or The Drunkards, 17th Century. Artist: Diego Velazquez

The Triumph of Bacchus or The Drunkards, 17th Century. Artist: Diego Velazquez
The Triumph of Bacchus or The Drunkards, 17th Century. Velazquez, one of the few Spanish painters to depict mythological scenes

Background imageDionysius Collection: Drunken Silenus, 1747. Artist: Carle Vanloo

Drunken Silenus, 1747. Artist: Carle Vanloo
Drunken Silenus, 1747. In classical myth, Silenus is the teacher and friend of Bacchus, god of wine. In Renaissance art he is depicted as fat, drunk and naked, a bloated lord of the revels

Background imageDionysius Collection: The Drunken Silenus, 17th century. Artist: Moses van Uyttenbroeck

The Drunken Silenus, 17th century. Artist: Moses van Uyttenbroeck
The Drunken Silenus, 17th century. In classical myth, Silenus is the teacher and friend of Bacchus, god of wine. In Renaissance art he is depicted as fat, drunk and naked

Background imageDionysius Collection: Bacchus and Ariadne, 1523-1525. Artist: Titian

Bacchus and Ariadne, 1523-1525. Artist: Titian
Bacchus and Ariadne, 1523-1525. From the National Gallery, London

Background imageDionysius Collection: Bacchus, 1560. Artist: Valerio di Simone Cioli

Bacchus, 1560. Artist: Valerio di Simone Cioli
Bacchus, 1560. Statue in the Boboli Gardens, Florence, Italy. It shows Pietro Barbino, Cosimo Is court dwarf, as Bacchus, riding a tortoise

Background imageDionysius Collection: Dionysius Lardner, Irish-born scientific writer, 1835

Dionysius Lardner, Irish-born scientific writer, 1835. Lardner (1793-1859) was Professor of natural philosophy and astronomy at London University (University College)



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