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This is an image showing two semi-abstract human figures reclining on a cloud with an additional face in the foreground. The male figure has his arm raised and the female figure is facing slightly towards the viewer. Below them, there is an additional face that seems to be part of the cloud. The drawing is done in light brown ink, capturing the interaction and movement between the figures and the clouds.
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This is an image showing two semi-abstract human figures reclining on a cloud with an additional face in the foreground. The male figure has his arm raised and the female figure is facing slightly towards the viewer. Below them, there is an additional face that seems to be part of the cloud. The drawing is done in light brown ink, capturing the interaction and movement between the figures and the clouds.

National Gallery of Art · Drawing

Bacchus and Ariadne

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

Date
c. 1745
Medium
pen and brown ink and brown wash over black chalk on laid paper
Dimensions
overall: 21.9 x 18.1 cm (8 5/8 x 7 1/8 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Accession number
1991.79.1
Credit line
Gift of Mrs. Rudolf J. Heinemann, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art
Time span
1726 to 1750
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • Baroque
  • Venetian
  • classical
  • mythology
  • Bacchus
  • Ariadne
Provenance

(sale, Paris, 11 December 1919). Mme. Zacharie Birtschansky, Paris, by 1952. Pierre Pobbé, Basel; (his sale, Auctiones, Basel, 23-24 February 1979, no. 93). [Galerie Cailleux, Paris]. Mrs. Rudolf J. Heinemann; gift 1991 to NGA.

NGA object ID 72857. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.