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Lot 142
Description:
English School, late 18th/early 19th c., "Theseus Deserting Ariadne on the Island of Naxos", oil on canvas, unsigned, 16 in. x 22 in., in a gessoed and giltwood frame.
- Provenance: Provenance: Previously in the Collection of South Florida Art Institute, Hollywood, c. 1982. Note: This painting spans the cusp of Neoclassicism and Romanticism with its Classical figures from the Greek myth about Ariadne and its Romantic, atmospheric painting technique. Ariadne is depicted here in brilliant red, as she is in John Vanderlyn¹s painting of the same myth. She sleeps as Theseus is led by Athena to his ship, as ordered to do by Bacchus, who wished to take Ariadne for his bride.
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March 27, 2010 10:00 AM CDT
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