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Summary

Titian: Bacchus and Ariadne

Artist



Alternative names	Tiziano Vecelli; Tiziano Vecellio
Description	Italian painter, drawer, architectural draftsperson and printmaker
Date of birth/death	between 1485 and 1490 date QS:P,+1450-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1485-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1490-00-00T00:00:00Z/9	27 August 1576
Location of birth/death	Pieve di Cadore	Venice
Work location	Venice (1498), Ferrara, Mantua, Padua (1511), Milan (1540), Rome (1545–1546), Florence (1546), Augsburg (1548, 1550–1551), Constantinople (today Istanbul) (1555-1557)
Authority file	: Q47551 VIAF: 109266837 ISNI: 0000000107879191 ULAN: 500031075 LCCN: n79074519 NLA: 36049955 WorldCat

Title

Bacchus and Ariadne

Object type

painting

Genre

mythological painting

Description

English: Theseus, whose ship is shown in the distance, has just left Ariadne on Naxos, when Bacchus arrives, jumping from his chariot drawn by two cheetahs, falling immediately in love with Ariadne. Bacchus raised her to heaven. The constellation Corona Borealis, Bacchus's crowning gift to her, is shown in the sky above her head.

Depicted people

Bacchus

Date

between 1520 and 1523

High Renaissance (1494–1527)

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

height: 176.5 cm (69.4 in)

; width: 191 cm (75.1 in)

Collection

National Gallery

	Native name	National Gallery
	Parent institution	Board of Trustees of the National Gallery
	Location	London
	Coordinates	51° 30′ 32″ N, 0° 07′ 42″ W
	Established	1824
	Website	nationalgallery.org.uk
	Authority file	: Q180788 VIAF: 144868906 ISNI: 0000000123422001 ULAN: 500125190 LCCN: n80081622 NLA: 35311349 WorldCat

Current location

room 12 Titian and Venice 1500-1530

Accession number

NG35 ( National Gallery)

Place of creation

Venice

Credit line

1826: purchased

Inscriptions

Signature bottom left:

TICIANVS F.

Notes

English: The painting belongs to a series commissioned from Bellini, Titian and Dosso Dossi, for the Camerino d'Alabastro, (Alabaster Room) in the Ducal Palace, Ferrara, by Alfonso d'Este, Duke of Ferrara, who in 1510 even tried commissions to Michelangelo and Raphael. This painting substitutes a painting from Raphael. Between 1518-1525 Titian painted also Worship of Venus and Bacchanal of the Andrians, both Prado for the Alabaster Room. In 1514 Giovanni Bellini painted 'Feast of the Gods'.

References

A Treasury of Art Masterpieces: from the Renaissance to the Present Day, 40
100 great paintings : Duccio to Picasso : European paintings from the 14th to the 20th century, 33
The complete paintings of Titian, 108
Bacchus and Ariadne / Titian, National Gallery ( English)
Bacchus and Ariadne, Web Gallery of Art ( English)
Google Arts & Culture asset ID: ywE45AsapF2vUw
Smartify artwork ID: titian-bacchus-and-ariadne
Utpictura18 artwork ID: 2247
Zeri image ID: 43379
Art UK artwork ID: bacchus-and-ariadne-114356
Bildindex der Kunst und Architektur ID: 08082135
1001 Paintings You Must See Before You Die, p. 158
"Titian's "Bacchus and Ariadne"" in (1978) National Gallery Technical Bulletin, 2, p. 25–47

Authority file

Source/Photographer

National Gallery, London - online catalogue.

Other versions

Remastered color

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	10:34, 4 March 2006	781 × 707 (95 KB)	Ham II	'''''Bacchus and Ariadne'''' by Titian National Gallery, London {{Creator:Tizian}}