Trinkfest!
An edition of Trinkfest! (2011)
Bacchus lädt ein : eine Ausstellung des Kunsthistorischen Museums Wien im Schloss Ambras Innsbruck, 7. April bis 31. Mai 2011
By Sabine Haag,Angelika Libiseller
Publish Date
2011
Publisher
Kunsthistorisches Museum
Language
ger
Pages
78
Description:
This exhibition is inspired by the recent edition of of the so-called "Ambraser Trinkbücher" [Ambras drinking books], which were carried out from 1567 until 1620. They inclide handwritten entries of Archduke Ferdinand's II guests, whom he welcomed to Schloss Ambras with a special ritual: upon their visit, men and women alike received a large goblet of wine which they were required to empty in one draw. After passing the drinking test, they were admitted to the sanctuary of Bacchus, the god of wine, and finally contributed an epigram to the drinking book.
subjects: Exhibitions, Dionysus (Greek deity), Art, Schlosssammlung Ambras