Bacchus and Ariadne

Troy, Jean François de (1679-1752)


Item type:
painting
Date of creation:
ca. early 18th century
Height:
76.0 cm  (29 15/16 in.)
Width:
94.0 cm  (37 in.)
Technique / Medium:
oil on canvas

    Item location

  • National Gallery of Ireland
    [Museum inv. no.: NGI.723]

Description

Ariadne rests in the center. Bacchus arrives behind her, accompanied by a maenad playing a tambourine.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Tambourine [2746]

Image URLs

image link 1

Bibliographic references

Boydell, Barra. Music and paintings in the National Gallery of Ireland (Dublin: The National Gallery of Ireland, 1985) 56-57. ISBN 0903162229. RILM 1985-00222.

RIdIM record id

2963