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Object Type
print
Museum number
1855,0310.74
Title
Object:
Bacchus & Ariadne
Series:
The Loves of the Gods
Series:
Tabulæ novem coelo elaboratæ ad totidem Titiani archetypos
Series:
Nine Prints from the Celebrated Paintings of Titian, in the Duke of Marlboroughs Gallery, at Blenheim
Description
Bacchus and Ariadne sitting on a sheet on a rock, legs entwined, both nude; Ariadne wearing earring, pearls in hair, and bracelet, and with one foot on the head of a leopard below; Bacchus with grapes in hair; nude infant beside them holding a bunch of grapes; ship at sea in the distance. 1709 Mezzotint
Producer name
Print made by:
John Smith, the mezzotinter
After:
Titian
(formerly)
After:
Jacopo Caraglio
After:
Perino del Vaga
School/style
British
Production date
1709
Production place
Published in:
London (England)
Materials
paper
Technique
mezzotint
Dimensions
Height:
416 millimetres
Width:
279 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
For comment on series see the title-page (1878,0914.52), and for this plate the other impression.
Bibliographic references
Wessely 1887 / John Smith: Verzeichniss seiner schabkunstblätter
(341)
Bartsch / Le Peintre graveur
(XV.74.14)
(cf.)
Chaloner Smith 1883 / British Mezzotinto portraits from the introduction of the art to the early part of the present century
(undescribed)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
classical mythology
classical deity
Associated names
Representation of:
Dionysos/Bacchus
Representation of:
Ariadne
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
George Willis
Acquisition date
1855
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1855,0310.74
Conservation
Treatment
: 31 Oct 2010