Showing posts with label Bacchus. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bacchus. Show all posts

Friday, 2 August 2019

KUNSTHISTRISCHES MUSEUM, VIENNA, AUSTRIA


The Tower of Babel (1563)
by, Peiter Bruegel the Elder (born between 1525 &39, died in 1569). Dutch and Flemish Renaissance painter
The Tower of Babel is one of the 12 renaissance paintings of Peter Bruegel housed in Kunsthistorisches.  A total of 40 artworks painted by Bruegel,  Kunst has the largest and and most important  collections of Bruegels all over the world.
The Tower of Babel painting depicts the story in the bible Book of Genesis where the residents built a city and this tower to unify and prevent to scatter abroad.

Bacchus, Venus and Cupid (between 1595 and 1600)
by Hans Von Aachen (1552~1615)
The Wine God, Bacchus, left hand on Venus' right shoulder,  a glass of wine on his right and  eyes on