Bacchus

Michelangelo, 1497, Bargello National Museum

‘Bacchus’ is a work by Michelangelo Buonarroti (Italy, 1475–1564). It is dated 1497. It is part of the collection Bargello National Museum. Wikidata links the work to a movement covered in the chapter ‘The Renaissance’.

It is made of marble. It is 203 cm high. The work belongs to the genre nude. The things depicted include Dionysus.

The catalogue has 104 more works by Michelangelo Buonarroti.

• The Renaissance