# The Triumph of Bacchus in India [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [METZ, Conrad Martin]() - Date: 1751-1800 - Technique: Engraving, 352 x 385 mm ## Commentary 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. ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()