Bacchus and Ariadne

Manufacture Royale des Gobelins, c. 1680 - c. 1684

Ariadne, the daughter of King Minos of Crete, complained to Bacchus, the god of wine, that she had been abandoned on the island of Naxos by her lover Theseus. Bacchus is here holding Ariadne’s diadem. He will cast it up into the sky, where it will turn into a constellation.

Artwork typetapestry
Object numberBK-1959-59-C
Dimensionsheight 314 cm x height 316 cm x width 242.5 cm x width 239 cm
Physical characteristicswol, zijde

Identification

Title(s)
Bacchus en Ariadne
Series title(s)
De metamorfosen van Ovidius
Object type
Object number
BK-1959-59-C
Description
Wandtapijt met Bacchus die de kroon op Ariadne's hoofd plaatst (Ovidius, Metamorphosen,boek VIII), uit een serie wandtapijten met voorstellingen ontleend aan Ovidius' Metamorphosen.
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Creation

Creation
- weverij: Manufacture Royale des Gobelins, Paris
- wever: workshop of Janss, Jan, Paris
- designer: attributed to Charles de Lafosse, Paris
Dating
c. 1680 - c. 1684
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Physical description
wol, zijde
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Dimensions
height 314 cm x height 316 cm x width 242.5 cm x width 239 cm

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