🪷🍷 19 Aug is the Roman #VinaliaRustica wine grape harvest festival. Raise your glass to #Antinous as #Dionysus / #Bacchus, god of ecstatic transcendence over death. #Braschi #Antinoos Sala Rotonda Vatican Museums. 🍷 🪷

🪷🍷 19 Aug is the Roman #VinaliaRustica wine grape harvest festival. Raise your glass to #Antinous as #Dionysus / #Bacchus, god of ecstatic transcendence over death. The #Mondragone #Antinoos bust in Musée du Louvre (90 cm, 3 ft tall) has numerous holes (31 in all) and a deep indentation in the crown of the head for fastening some heavy floral or gold metal adornment. The eyes would have been inlaid in gemstones. 🍷 🪷

🪷🍷 19 Aug is the Roman #VinaliaRustica wine grape harvest festival. Raise your glass to #Antinous as #Dionysus / #Bacchus, god of ecstatic transcendence over death. The Lansdowne #Antinoos / #Dionysos, originally found at Hadrian's Villa, now adorns Fitzwilliam Museum. It is on the British Art Fund list of five must-see ancient sculptures in Britain! 🍷 🪷

🪷🍷 August 19th is the Roman #VinaliaRustica wine grape harvest festival. Raise your glass to #Antinous as #Dionysus / #Bacchus, god of ecstatic transcendence over death. Art by #AntoniusSubia 🍷 🪷

🪷🍷 August 19th is the Roman #VinaliaRustica wine grape harvest festival. Raise your glass to #Antinous as #Dionysus/#Bacchus, god of ecstatic transcendence over death. Art by #AntoniusSubia 🍷 🪷

🪷🍷 August 19th is the Roman #VinaliaRustica wine grape harvest festival. Raise your glass to #Antinous as #Dionysus/#Bacchus, god of ecstatic transcendence over death. Art by #AntoniusSubia 🍷 🪷