Three Bacchus Subjects: Bacchus Worshipped: Bacchus Marries Ariadne; Triumph of Bacchus
date: label: Date
content: 1800
name: label: Designer
content: Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Bacchus shown enthroned in circular vaulted temple. Priest stands behind altar in background, while offerings are brought to Bacchus. Bacchus and Ariadne hold each other's hands. Woman behind them raises wreath. Two putti fly. Bacchus rides in his chariot drawn by panthers toward left. In left interval, pen sketch shown of arm holding pitcher. In right, one of pen sketch and man sacrificing wine. Part of framing is in center lower edge.
place: label: made in
content: Italy
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Museum purchase through gift of various donors
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1901-39-3315
objectType: label: Type
content: figures
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and brown ink, brush and sepia wash over traces of graphite on laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 13.3 x 39.2 cm (5 1/4 x 15 7/16 in.)