BACCHANAL

Public domain · the museums’ own

The Cellar

Wine as the great museums kept it — public-domain paintings, restored for the wall.

Wine was painted for centuries before it was photographed. These are faithful reproductions of public-domain paintings — Bacchus in his vine-leaves, a table of bottles and fruit, a riverside lunch — released open-access by the museums that hold the originals and printed from the actual archive scan. Every piece names its museum, its accession, and its date; a reproduction publishes only once that source record is direct-fetch confirmed.

Bacchus and Ariadne — The god of wine, ivy in his hair, making his case to Ariadne on the shore.Reproduction

Bacchus and Ariadne

Venice, 1720s

The Triumph of Bacchus — The god’s procession, painted in grisaille to look like carved stone.Reproduction

The Triumph of Bacchus

France, early 1780s

Infant Bacchanal — A revel of putti in grisaille — the party handed down to the very young.Reproduction

Infant Bacchanal

France, 1780s

Wine, Cheese, and Fruit — An American table laid for pleasure — bottles, glasses, a heaped dish of fruit.Reproduction

Wine, Cheese, and Fruit

United States, 1857

Lunch at the Restaurant Fournaise — A riverside lunch in dappled light — the bottles still on the table, the afternoon long.Reproduction

Lunch at the Restaurant Fournaise

France, 1875

Apples and Grapes — Monet’s fruit spilling off a basket — the grape before it ever becomes the glass.Reproduction

Apples and Grapes

France, 1880

The Wedding at Cana — The first miracle was a wine miracle — water into wine so the party could go on.Reproduction

The Wedding at Cana

Bologna, c. 1686

Still Life with Roemer and Flagon — A Dutch table of the golden age — green roemer, tall glass of red, a pewter flagon.Reproduction

Still Life with Roemer and Flagon

Haarlem, c. 1625

Merrymakers in an Inn — The fiddle strikes up, the jug is on the floor, and the whole inn is on its feet.Reproduction

Merrymakers in an Inn

Haarlem, 1674

Still Life with Fruit and Wine Jug — A dark goblet glowing behind the fruit — Monticelli painting with a loaded brush.Reproduction

Still Life with Fruit and Wine Jug

France, 1874

The Basket of Apples — Cézanne’s tilted world — and the wine bottle standing dead upright through it all.Reproduction

The Basket of Apples

France, c. 1893

Grapes, Lemons, Pears, and Apples — Van Gogh’s grapes in a storm of colour — wine at the fruit, before the press.Reproduction

Grapes, Lemons, Pears, and Apples

Paris, 1887