Bacchus and Ariadne

Location

Country: UK
City: London
Place: Government Art Collection

This painting of ‘Bacchus and Ariadne’ is a copy of Tintoretto’s painting of 1578, located in the Doges’ Palace, Venice.

Places

Subjects

grape, star, mountain, sea, man, woman, nude, love, Greek mythology, Roman mythology, god

Materials & Techniques

canvas, oil, oil painting

Artist

Jacopo Robusti, (After) Tintoretto (1518 - 1594)

Title

Bacchus and Ariadne

Date

c.1580-1599

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

height: 131.50 cm, width: 150.50 cm

Acquisition

Presented by Viscountess d'Abernon, November 1953

Inscription

none

Provenance

Collection of Viscountess d'Abernon; by whom presented to the Ministry of Works for display in the British Embassy, Rome, in November 1953

GAC number

2281