Bacchus with Ariadne or a nymph. Colour etching by S. Mulinari after G.L. Valesio.
- Valesio, Giovanni Luigi, approximately 1583-approximately 1650.
- Date:
- 1766
- Reference:
- 3015555i
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About this work
Description
They recline naked on a rock by the shore, as indicated by the sea shells on the ground. Bacchus wears a vine wreath on his head
Publication/Creation
1766
Physical description
1 print : etching and tone, printed in brown ; image and border 21.2 x 19.5 cm
Lettering
Giovanni Valesi inv. e. del. SMulinari inci.
References note
R. Weigel, Die Werke der Maler in ihren Handzeichnungen, Leipzig: R. Weigel, 1865, no. 8463, p. 723 ("Bacchus und Ariadne ... Mulinari, Disegni originali nella Galleria di Firenze 5")
Reference
Wellcome Collection 3015555i
Type/Technique
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Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores