Gallery: Bacchus Seduces in New High-Res Imagery

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    *Dirty, pretty things: The digital version of* Bacchus *gives art lovers a close-up view of the gritty fingernails of the pagan deity.*
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    *The rumored self-portrait of artist Caravaggio reflected in the wine decanter depicted in* Bacchus *is easy to spot in the digital version of the painting.*
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    *Sweet entanglement: The rosy-cheeked young god of wine is at one with the grapevines caught in his luxurious hair.*
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    *Other details evident in the digital version of the 1590s oil painting — such as what appears to be a teary eye or scratched nose — may inspire further study of* Bacchus.
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