Dionysus Photo Gallery- Paintings of Greek God Dionysus (Bacchus)

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Dionysus was a handsome young man with impressive hair (usually tresses falling below his shoulders) and a wreath of ivy on his head. In his hand he was holding a "thyrsos", which was a light staff wrapped with leaves of ivy and a pine cone on its top.

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Diosysos on a Panther

Dionysus, wreathed with ivy, is holding a thyrsus and a drum
Mosaic
Mosaic of Dionysus

Mosaic
Dionysus holding his thyrsos while riding a panther, one of his favorite mounts
Mosaic of 400 - 360 BC
Bacchus

Painting of 1524 by Dosso Dossi
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Midas and Bacchus

Dionysus (Bacchus), accompanied with Midas, the King of Phrygia who could turn everything he touched into gold.
Painting of 1630 by Nicolas Poussin (1594-1665)
Ariadne, Venus and Bacchus

Detail of Dionysus (Bacchus)
Painting of 1576 by Jacopo Tintoretto (1518 - 1594)
The Drunks (Triumph Bacchus)

Painting of 1629 by Diego Velázquez
Dionysus Drunk

Painting by Yiannis Tsarouchis
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The Feast of Bacchus

Painting of 1680 by Gerard de Lairesse
The Triumph of Bacchus (Dionysus)

Painting of 1861 by Eugène Delacroix
Bacchus (Dionysus)

Painting by Paulus Bor
Dionysos and Ariane

Painting by Louis Le Nain
Drinking Bacchus

Painting of 1623 by Guido Reni
The Youth of Bacchus (Dionysus)

Detail of the painting
Painting of 1884 by William-Adolphe Bouguereau
Bacchus and Ariane

Painting of 1630 by Andrea Turchi
Young Bacchus

Painting by Giovanni Bellini
Bacchus and Ariadne

Painting by Ferdinand Bol
Bacchus

Bacchus (Dionysus), formerly known as St John the Baptist, holding a thyrsos and pointing with his left index finger to the ground
Painting of 1510 -1515 by Leonardo da Vinci
The Triumph of Bacchus

Detail of Bacchus (Dionysus) being treated with grapes
Painting of 1659 by Michaelina Woutiers
TheTriumph of Bacchus (Dionysus) and Ariadne

Detail of the painting
Painting of 1602 by Annibale Carracci
Bacchus and Ariadne

Painting of 1699 by Charles de La Fosse
Bacchus (Dionysus) and Ariadne

Painting of 1660 by Caesar van Everdingen
e Nymphs Offering the Young Bacchus Wine, Fruit and Flowers

Painting by Caesar van Everdingen
The Boy Bacchus

Detail of the painting with grapes ornamenting the head of Bacchus (Dionysus)
Painting by Guido Reni
The sleep of Bacchus

Detail of the painting with Bacchus (Dionysus) sleeping
Painting by Luca Giordano
Bacchus and Ariadne

Painting by Jerzy Siemiginowski-Eleuter
Bacchus

Youthful Bacchus with grapes and wine leaves in his hair, apparently half drunk
Painting of 1593 by Caravaggio (1571-1610)