A bacchant surprised by a faun in a desolate mountain spot

A bacchant surprised by a faun in a desolate mountain spot.. A bacchant surprised by a faun in a desolate mountain spot. At the faun's feet are his curved stick or pedum, seven-pipe flute or syrinx, and a Rhombus, a percussion instrument like a tambourine. At the bacchant's feet are a sacred staff or thyrsus decorated with a red ribbon, and a typanum drum decorated with a picture of a sistrum. Copperplate engraved by Tommaso Piroli from his own Antichita di Ercolano (Antiquities of Herculaneum), Rome, 1789

1789 Antichità Antiquities Bacchant Curved Desolate Ercolano Faun Fauns Flute Herculaneum Percussion Piroli Rhombus Sistrum Syrinx Tambourine Thyrsus Tommaso

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