Etruscan bronze figure of Bacchus with ivy crown and spear

Etruscan bronze figure of Bacchus, naked youth with ivy crown and spear. In Etrsucan religion, Fufluns, Fufluns Pacha or Puphluns, was god of wine, plant life, happiness, health. One of the nine gods capable of sending thunderbolts. Roman Bacchus, Greek Dionysus. Statue found in a field near Valiano Castle in January 1748. Bacchus nobilissimo artificio ex Aere inuentus in Agro Cortonensi prope Castrum Veliani mense January 1748. Copperplate engraving from Francesco Valesio, Antonio Gori and Ridolfino Venuti's Academia Etrusca, Museum Cortonense in quo Vetera Monumenta, (Etruscan Academy or Museum of Cortona), Faustus Amideus, Rome, 1750

18th Century Academia Etrusca Aere Antonio Gori Bacchus Cortona Dionysus Etruria Etruscan Etruscan Academy Faustus Amideus Francesco Valesio Museum Cortonense Museum Of Cortona Ridolfino Venuti Thunderbolt Vetera Monumenta

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