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The Infant Bacchus or Young Bacchus is a 1505–1510 painting of the Roman god Bacchus as a boy by Giovanni Bellini. Originally painted on panel, it was later transferred to canvas.[1]

Young Bacchus
Artist	Giovanni Bellini
Year	1505–1510[1]
Medium	oil on panel, later transferred to canvas
Dimensions	50 cm × 39 cm (20 in × 15 in)
Location	National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

It was probably the Little Bacchus with a vase in his hand seen in Bartolo Delfino's house in Venice by Carlo Ridolfi in the mid-16th century and misidentified as a Giorgione. Shipley (1979) believes the subject is a metaphor for the winter solstice, based on a letter in Macrobius's Saturnalia, known during the Renaissance – the new year started as a baby and ended as an old man. It may be drawn from the same studies as the figure of Bacchus in The Feast of the Gods, which is very similar.

By the 19th century it was in Frederick Richards Leyland's collection in London, where it was thought to be by Marco Basaiti. It passed through several further collections before being acquired by the Duveen Brothers in 1927, who took it to the United States. There it was acquired by Samuel H. Kress, who in 1961 gave it to the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., where it still hangs.

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- [en] The Infant Bacchus

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[es] Baco niño

Baco niño es una pintura al óleo sobre tabla luego trasladada a lienzo de 50 x 39 cm de Giovanni Bellini, de entre 1505 y 1510 y conservada en la Galería Nacional de Arte de Washington.[1]

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[it] Bacco fanciullo

Il Bacco fanciullo è un dipinto a olio su tavola trasferito su tela (50x39cm)[1] di Giovanni Bellini, databile tra il 1505 e il 1510[1] e conservato nella National Gallery of Art di Washington.

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