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Description: | Casali was a pupil of Sebastiano Conca in Rome. He travelled to England around 1741 and worked in churches and private houses for twenty five years before returning to Rome in 1766. Casali painted portraits of numerous members of the English aristocracy, many of which are now in the collection of the Earl of Leicester, but illustrations of biblical and mythological scenes, such as this painting, form the majority of his output. This image depicts the passion of Bacchus (Dionysus in Greek) for the deserted Cretan princess, Ariadne. Bacchus, god of wine, leaps from his chariot towards Ariadne, who has been searching in vain for Theseus, who had abandoned her on the island of Naxos after defeating the Minotaur in Crete. | Subjects: | mythology (Bacchus and Ariadne) | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Casali, Andrea (Italian painter and art dealer, 1705-1784, active in England) Æ Attributed to | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8696... | Go to resource |
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