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The original sculpture piece that this painting was painted after is the Vatican, Rome. It concerns the birth of Bacchus, who according to myth was born from the thigh of his father Zeus and raised by Silenus. Silenus was as a foster father to Bacchus.The original Silenus resembled a folklore man of the forest with the ears of a horse and sometimes also the tail and legs of a horse.A notorious consumer of wine, he was usually drunk and had to be supported by satyrs or carried by a donkey. Silenus was described as the oldest, wisest and most drunken of the followers of Dionysus.

Award winning Artist, Geraldine Arata is a native San Franciscan with a Bachelors of Fine Art Degree from San Francisco State University, and a Master of Fine Art degree from the Academy of Art University San Francisco. She and her husband, John Pruett, owned and operated Arata Fine Art Gallery, 450 Columbus Ave., San Francisco, . Among other locations Arata has had gallery representation, in New Orleans, Louisiana, and San Francisco and Truckee , California. And owns a Gallery in Benicia, California Arata has participated in several fundraisers, including the Joe Di Maggio’s Playground Fundraiser and the San Francisco Giants Wives Auction. In 2015, Arata, participated in the Vacaville Museum Fundraiser “ We Know Jack”. Her...