Bacchus and Ariadne

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Bacchus and Ariadne is a renowned early 16th-century mythological oil painting by the Venetian master Titian, celebrated for its vivid color, dynamic composition, and depiction of the god Bacchus discovering the abandoned Ariadne.

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Label Occurrences
Bacchus and Ariadne canonical 7
Bacco e Arianna 2

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Renaissance painting ⓘ
mythological painting ⓘ
painting ⓘ
appliedOn canvas ⓘ
artHistoricalSignificance key work of Titian’s early maturity ⓘ
masterpiece of Venetian colorism ⓘ
artist Titian ⓘ
basedOn Greek mythology ⓘ
Roman mythology ⓘ
linked to: Roman religion

story of Bacchus and Ariadne ⓘ
collection National Gallery, London ⓘ
linked to: National Gallery
commissionedBy Alfonso I d’Este, Duke of Ferrara ⓘ
completionDate 1523 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Republic of Venice ⓘ
creator Titian ⓘ
currentCity London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
depicts Ariadne ⓘ
Bacchus ⓘ
linked to: Dionysus

constellation Corona Borealis ⓘ
linked to: Corona Borealis

nymph ⓘ
satyr ⓘ
depictsMoment Bacchus discovering Ariadne on the island of Naxos ⓘ
genre mythological painting ⓘ
hasTitleInEnglish Bacchus and Ariadne ⓘ
hasTitleInItalian Bacco e Arianna ⓘ
linked to: Bacchus and Ariadne
height 176.5 cm ⓘ
iconography crown of stars symbolizing Ariadne’s future constellation ⓘ
triumphal procession of Bacchus ⓘ
inception 1520 ⓘ
1523 ⓘ
influencedBy Catullus, Carmina 64 ⓘ
linked to: Catullus

Ovid’s Metamorphoses ⓘ
classical literature ⓘ
inventoryNumber NG35 ⓘ
languageOfTitle Italian ⓘ
location National Gallery, London ⓘ
linked to: National Gallery
materialUsed oil paint ⓘ
movement High Renaissance ⓘ
Venetian Renaissance ⓘ
notableFor depiction of Bacchus leaping from a chariot ⓘ
depiction of abandoned Ariadne on Naxos ⓘ
dynamic composition ⓘ
vivid color ⓘ
orientation square ⓘ
originalLocation Camerino d’Alabastro, Ducal Palace, Ferrara ⓘ
partOfSeries Camerino d’Alabastro paintings ⓘ
mythological poesie for Alfonso I d’Este ⓘ
width 176.5 cm ⓘ

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Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Titian → notableWork → Bacchus and Ariadne ⓘ
Bacchus and Ariadne → title → Bacchus and Ariadne ⓘ
subject linked to: Bacchus and Ariadne by Titian
Bacchus and Ariadne → originalTitle → Bacco e Arianna ⓘ
subject linked to: Bacchus and Ariadne by Titian
linked to: Bacchus and Ariadne
Bacchus and Ariadne → hasTitleInItalian → Bacco e Arianna ⓘ
linked to: Bacchus and Ariadne
Bacchus and Ariadne → hasTitleInEnglish → Bacchus and Ariadne ⓘ
Nicolas Mignard → notableWork → Bacchus and Ariadne ⓘ
The Loves of the Gods → hasPart → Bacchus and Ariadne ⓘ
Camerino d’Alabastro paintings → includesWork → Bacchus and Ariadne ⓘ