Sujet

Ariadne and Bacchus on the Island of Naxos, 18th century. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Ariadne and Bacchus on the Island of Naxos, 18th century. Additional Info: The theme of the painting is based on a passage from Ovid's "Metamorphoses" (Met. 8 176-182). Bacchus (Greek Dionysus), the god of fertility and wine, accompanied by a procession of nymphs and satyrs, arrived in a chariot drawn by leopards on the island of Naxos, where he found the princess Ariadne in the depths of despair. Ariadne, the daughter of Minos, the mythological king of Crete, was abandoned on this rocky island by Theseus (his sailing ship can be seen in the background to the left), whom she helped to escape the Minotaur's labyrinth. The young Bacchus, wearing a wreath made of a vine and grapes, is leaning over the princess. While his right hand holds hers, the left hand rests on the heart to express the love for her and propose marriage. Hovering above, Hymenaeus is holding a flaming torch, the symbol of passionate and ardent love. Winged putti are decorating rocks and the crowns of trees with floral garlands.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM25A39_412

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

31,8Mo (1,2Mo) / 33,9cm x 23,5cm / 4000 x 2778 (300dpi)

Mots clés

exterior outdoors coast female women woman people male group man men historical romance arts painting cave coastal country French France dark art guy wing island romantic museum geography color Poland royal polish Greece devotion darkness caves location century torch holding hands National Museum cherub cherubs abandoned proposal literature royalty princess concept Naxos mythology roman mythology angelic mythological winged proposing posture enchanted metamorphoses putto oil Painting Colour Bacchus devotional romancing Greek mythology 18th century cherubim Eighteenth Century history historic Ariadne geographical feature Hymen love story mythical figure Oil on canvas putti TGN Antoine Coypel outside portrait oil flaming torch Nísoi Aiyaíou young women young woman Unknown Ovid Publius Ovidius Naso Arianna 1710s Coypel Antoine Anthony Coypel amorini Painting Heritage Art mythological figure proposition Canvas National Museum in Krakow Niepolomice Museum