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Ariadne sits in a chariot drawn by two winged cheetahs on the island of Naxos. Bacchus, Roman god of wine, with his thyrsus (pine-cone staff) supports her. Engraved on sardonyx and dactylotheca from the collection of the antiquarian Charles Francis Greville. Mezzotint copperplate engraving by John Spilsbury from his Collection of Fifty Prints from Antique Gems, John Boydell, London, 1785.

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Ariadne sits in a chariot drawn by two winged cheetahs on the island of Naxos. Bacchus, Roman god of wine, with his thyrsus (pine-cone staff) supports her. Engraved on sardonyx and dactylotheca from the collection of the antiquarian Charles Francis Greville. Mezzotint copperplate engraving by John Spilsbury from his Collection of Fifty Prints from Antique Gems, John Boydell, London, 1785.

Personalities:

BACCHUS • ARIADNE • JOHN SPILSBURY

Credit:

Album / Florilegius

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8198 x 6918 px | 162.3 MB

Print size:

69.4 x 58.6 cm | 27.3 x 23.1 in (300 dpi)

Keywords:

ANCIENT HISTORY • ANTIQUARIAN • ARIADNE • BACCHUS • BEVERAGE: WINE • CARTS • CHARIOT • CHARLES FRANCIS GREVILLE • CITY OF LONDON • CLASSICAL HISTORY • COLLECTION OF FIFTY PRINTS FROM ANTIQUE GEMS • COPPERPLATE ENGRAVING • CULT • DACTYLOTHECA • GEORGIAN • GREEK MYTH • ISLA • ISLAND • ISLANDS • JOHN BOYDELL • JOHN SPILSBURY • LONDON • LONDON. • MEZZOTINT • MYTH: ROMAN • MYTHOLOGY • NAXOS • PINE-CONE STAFF • QUADRIGA • REGENCY • RITE • RITUAL • ROMAN GOD • ROMAN MYTH • SARDONIX • SARDONYX • THYRSUS • WATER • WINE • WINGED CHEETAHS