Bacchanalian Infants Playing with a Goat

attributed to Artus Quellinus (I), c. 1650 - c. 1665

Eight followers of Bacchus, the god of wine, pull a recalcitrant billy goat to the sacrificial site. The animal must pay for having eaten the young grapevines. The relief is an original variant of a famous work by François du Quesnoy, the teacher of Quellinus in Rome.

  • Artwork typesculpture
  • Object numberBK-AM-52-7
  • Dimensionsheight 36 cm x width 64.5 cm x depth 9.5 cm
  • Physical characteristicsterracotta, hier en daar resten van verguldsel