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| Massimo Stanzione Sacrifice to Bacchus c. 1634 Prado |
Bacchanals were a mainstream subject in European painting for about three hundred years. Artists from Mantegna to Houasse tended to hold fairly closely to the basic prototype created by the ancient Romans (with help from the Greeks) for the marble relief-scenes on their coffins.
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| Nicolas Poussin Bacchanal c. 1626-28 Prado |
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| Michel-Ange Houasse Bacchanal 1719 Prado |
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| Michel-Ange Houasse Offering to Bacchus 1720 Prado |
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| Peter Paul Rubens & Frans Snyders Diana & Nymphs & Satyrs 1639-40 Prado |
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| Peter Paul Rubens Dance of Satyrs & Villagers 1635-40 Prado |
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| Peter Paul Rubens Nymphs & Satyrs c. 1615-38 Prado |
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| Andrea Mantegna Bacchanal with a Wine Vat c. 1470-90 engraving |
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| Michelangelo Children's Bacchanal 1533 drawing |
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| Titian Bacchanal of the Andrians 1523-26 Prado |
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| Titian The Worship of Venus 1518-19 Prado |