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Alfonso d'Este, Duke of Ferrara (1476-1534) extracted promises from Michelangelo and Raphael to contribute to the decoration of his private apartments. Raphael in 1517 submitted a compositional drawing for Triumph of Bacchus in India - a subject celebrating the legend that the god of wine returned from his conquest of India like a triumphant general, with exotic elephants as well as the usual satyrs and maenads in train.
Conrad Metz executed the engraving after Raphael's drawing.
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