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Bacchus and Ariadne
Jean-Baptiste Oudry, François Boucher1750/1752
Quirinale Palace
Rome, Italy
The cloth illustrates the episode of the discovery of Ariadne, abandoned by Theseus on the island of Naxos, by Bacchus, narrated by Ovid and Filostrato. It is part of the Amori degli Dei series.
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- Title: Bacchus and Ariadne
- Creator: Beauvais manufacture, directed by Jean-Baptiste Oudry and Nicolas Besnier - models by François Boucher
- Date Created: 1750/1752
- Type: Tapestry
- Photographer: Francesco Taurisano
- Location in the Palace: Hall of the Tapestries
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