Return of Vulcan with Bacchus, Bacchus in his chariot drawn by leopards, accompanies Vulcan who, seated backwards on a donkey, returns to Olympos where Juno and Jupiter welcome him. Below the clouds is the island of Lemnos, where he ended up when he was thrown from Mount Olympos by Jupiter. Book illustration for: Lof-sanck by Bacchus, 1616., print, print maker: Jacob Matham, after design by: David Vinckboons, publisher: Willem Janszoon Blaeu, Amsterdam, 1616, paper, engraving, letterpress printing, height, 77 mm × width, 128 mm


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