Bacchus and Ampelos, Francesco Righetti, 1782
casting, h 187cm × w 96cm × d 60cm × w 690kg More details
Bacchus, the god of wine, fell in love with the young satyr Ampelos. When the latter died in a tragic accident, Bacchus changed him into a vine and made wine from his blood. The chalice in Ampelos’s hand refers to this metamorphosis.