El Otono, Estacion en que triunfa Baco · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: El Otono, Estacion en que triunfa Baco
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: Italy; Ancient Rome
Description: This image represents the season of autumn. The Golden Age of civilization had an eternal spring, but the god Jupiter created four seasons in the Silver Age of civilization. The god Bacchus (also known as Dionysus in Greek mythology) is illustrated sitting against a tree trunk as he sips on a goblet of wine surrounded by cherubs. There are cherubs flying above him as they provide shade with a large piece of fabric. Bacchus is the embodiment of autumn as he is the god of wine and the grape harvest. He is often depicted in iconography in an autumnal setting.
Image Creator: D. José Assensio (Engraver)
Type: Text; Engraving
Identifier: mta:24924
Language: spa
Source Name: Metamorfoseos o Transformaciones de Ovidio, Traducidos al Castellano con Algunas Notas Para su Inteligencia, Por Dn. Francisco Crivell y Adornados con Estampas finas por D. Jose Assensio [Metamorphoses or Transformations of Ovid, Translated into Castilian With Notes for your Intelligence, By Don Francisco Crivell and Decorated with Fine Prints by D. Jose Assensio]
Parent Collection: Metamorfoseos o Transformaciones de Ovidio Traducidos al Castellano. Engravings by D. Jose Assensio (1805)
Image: mta_24924_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Ovid's Metamorphoses
Subject: Jupiter; Seasons; Autumn; Silver Age; Mythology; Bacchus