Bacchus

This engraving depicts Bacchus as a robust, muscular youth set within an oval frame. He raises a shallow bowl of wine in a celebratory gesture, while a small, grinning satyr beside him clutches a cluster of grapes. The border features decorative motifs including satyr masks and various drinking vessels, framing a distant mountainous landscape.

Bacchus represents the vitalizing force of nature and was central to the Neoplatonic concept of 'divine frenzy' (furor poeticus). This composition is part of a traditional triad illustrating the proverb 'Without Ceres and Bacchus, Venus freezes,' connecting physical sustenance and intoxication to the survival of love.