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The Young Sick Bacchus (Italian: Bacchino Malato), also known as the Sick Bacchus or the Self-Portrait as Bacchus, is an early self-portrait by the Baroque artist Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, dated between 1593 and 1594. It now hangs in the Galleria Borghese in Rome.
Bacchus (c. 1596) is an oil painting by Italian Baroque master Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571–1610) commissioned by Cardinal Del Monte. The painting shows a youthful Bacchus reclining in classical fashion with grapes and vine leaves in his hair, fingering the drawstring of his loosely draped robe.
A degree of uncertainty surrounds the origin of the English word "saffron". It might stem from the 12th-century Old French term safran, which comes from the Latin word safranum, from the Persian (زعفران, za'farān), [10] from the Persian word zarparān (زرپران) meaning "gold strung" (implying either the golden stamens of the flower or the golden colour it creates when used as flavour).
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During the ceremony, the singer Philippe Katerine made an appearance dressed as almost naked blue Bacchus, with silver spangles and a saffron beard, half-reclining behind a cheese platter, on a platter of colourful fruits and flowers, arranged in offering in the centre of a long banquet table, bringing together different characters including a ...
Byzantine units of measurement were a combination and modification of the ancient Greek and Roman units of measurement used in the Byzantine Empire. Until the reign of Justinian I (527–565), no universal system of units of measurement existed in the Byzantine world, and each region used its traditional measures.
Bacchanalia is a c. 1615 oil painting of Bacchus, Silenus, bacchantes and satyrs by Peter Paul Rubens. Originally painted on panel, it was transferred to canvas by A. Sidorov in 1892. Originally painted on panel, it was transferred to canvas by A. Sidorov in 1892.
The saffron product, Krokos Kozanis is a PDO (Protected Designation of Origin). [95] [96] Production is largely indigenous and Iran accounts for 65% of global production, covering 72,162 ha. [8] Saffron is thought to have been used in embalming in Ancient Egypt.