Relief eines römischen Bacchus-Sarkophags mit der Auffindung Ariadnes, Battista Franco
Battista Franco
Relief eines römischen Bacchus-Sarkophags mit der Auffindung Ariadnes
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Spätseverisch: Dionysos-Sarkophag, ca. 210 n. Chr., Marmor, 64 x 185 cm. Blenheim Palace, Woodstock/Oxfordshire

Battista Franco

Relief eines römischen Bacchus-Sarkophags mit der Auffindung Ariadnes, before 1530

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Executed around 1530, the drawing depicts a relief on a Roman sarcophagus of the first quarter of the third century now in Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire. Ariadne is seen as Dionysus found her, with her head resting on the lap of Hypnos (Sleep). Composed of flowing contours, hatching and series of little strokes which form the interior modelling, the work is a characteristic example of this artist’s draughtsmanship. Franco is considered an important representative of those Venetians who devoted themselves to the study of classical antiquity.

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Relief eines römischen Bacchus-Sarkophags mit der Auffindung Ariadnes
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Label at the Time of Manufacture
Bezeichnet in der Darstellung unten mittig unter dem Putto neben Herkules (mit der Feder in Braun): [unleserlich]
Captions Added Later
Verso Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356), mit zugehöriger Inventarnummer
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Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main
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Primary
  • 48C24 piece of sculpture, reproduction of a piece of sculpture
  • 92L1211 Bacchus finds Ariadne on Naxos
  • 92L1212 wedding of Bacchus and Ariadne
Secondary
  • 92L191 thiasos, i.e. Bacchus' revel-rout, bacchanal without Bacchus
  • 92L1911 maenad(s), female bacchant(es)
  • 92L415 non-aggressive, friendly or neutral activities and relationships of satyr(s)

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15.05.2023