BACCHUS AND ARIADNE
Creator(s): François Boucher (Designer) , Beauvais Tapestry Manufactory (Manufacturer)
On view in: French Drawing Room
About this object
Scene no. 1 from the series "Les Amours des Dieux". In the foreground, at the left, Ariadne and Bacchus. Maidens are presenting Ariadne with baskets of fruits and jewelry while Bacchus contemplates seated at her right. On the right is a chariot, a satyr, two leopards and three playful puttii. The scene is set among classical ruins.
- Object name:
- BACCHUS AND ARIADNE
- Made from:
- Wool -- silk
- Made in:
- Beauvais, France
- Date made:
- c. 1754
- Size:
- 304.8 x 381 cm (120 x 150 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 41.2
- Class:
- TAPESTRY
- Signature marks:
- SIGNATURE Signed in the selvage at the lower border: A.C.C Beauvais
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973