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Bacchus Finding Ariadne on Naxos
Creator
Adriaen de VriesDutch sculptor (c.1556–1626) · 1556–1626
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- c. 1611
- Medium
- bronze (metal)
- Culture
- Prague
- Institution
- Rijksmuseum
- Object ID
- BK-14692
From the Rijksmuseum record
The god Bacchus, accompanied by a satyr with a torch, discovers the sleeping Ariadne and falls in love with the princess. It is hardly a coincidence that Cupid, the god of love, is seated in the foreground. De Vries was court sculptor to the eccentric Emperor Rudolf II, a lover of mildly erotic art. This relief was thus most likely made for the emperor or someone in the imperial household.
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