Bacchus and Ariadne. Engraving by P.M. Vitali after A. von Maron, 1783.

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<p>"Bacchus carries a thyrsus and leans against a truncated column. He twines the fingers of his right hand through Ariadne's hair; she shyly returns his tender gaze"-Joyce, op. cit. p. 430</p>
<p>The Roman domestic mural painting of which this is a copy was situated in a room that which was dedicated to Bacchus and bacchic themes (Buti room D). Facing the painting was one of the drunken Hercules, for which see the Wellcome Library catalogue no. 575578i</p>

Bacchus and Ariadne. Engraving by P.M. Vitali after A. von Maron, 1783.

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