Design for a ceiling at Addiscombe: Bacchus and Ariadne

Thornhill, James (1675-1734)

Item type:

drawing

Date of creation:

late 17th-early 18th c.

Height:

24.8 cm  (9 3/4 in.)

Width:

33.5 cm  (13 3/16 in.)

Technique / Medium:

pen, black and brown ink and gray and brown wash over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper

Description

A triumphal scene from the story of Bacchus and Ariadne in a centered oval, with three rectangular frames above and three below displaying attributes of those mythological characters.

Iconclass

48C1436
interior ~ ideal or visionary architectural design or model
48C520
symbolic representations, allegories and emblems ~ drawing
92L1781
triumph of Bacchus and Ariadne
92L12112
Bacchus puts a starry crown on Ariadne's head or throws it up in the sky, where it becomes a constellation
92L18
attributes of Bacchus
98B(ARIADNE)
(story of) Ariadne ~ attributes
24D1
stars and constellations
47I4222
bunch of grapes
48C73
musical instruments; group of musical instruments

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

End-blown trumpet [6556] (herald type)
Panpipe [4024]
Frame drum [2598]

RIdIM images

Image URLs

image link 1

Notes

Inscribed in pen and brown ink, lower center: "Mr. Drapers Sall: Ceiling ot Adscomb."; pen and brown ink, lower center: [squared scale numbered 1-9]; in graphite, verso, lower left: [illegible]

RIdIM record id

6317