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Bacchus and Ariadne
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Bacchus and Ariadne

Manufacture Royale des Gobelins · c. 1680 - c. 1684 · tapestry; wool; silk

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Ariadne, the daughter of King Minos of Crete, complained to Bacchus, the god of wine, that she had been abandoned on the island of Naxos by her lover Theseus. Bacchus is here holding Ariadne’s diadem. He will cast it up into the sky, where it will turn into a constellation.

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Credit lineBacchus and Ariadne. c. 1680 - c. 1684. Manufacture Royale des Gobelins. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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