Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE A: ITALIAN ART
Preferred Title:
Dionysus Finds Ariadne
Image View:
Detail, Cupid leads to the sleeping Ariadne who reclines on the knees of Hypnos (or Morpheus)
Creator:
unknown (Roman (ancient))
Location:
repository: Museo Archeologico Nazionale (Naples, Campania, Italy) 9278
Location Note:
Piazza Museo Nazionale, 19; Room LXXIII
GPS:
40.8534 14.2505
Date:
ca. 40-79 CE (creation)
Cultural Context:
Roman (ancient)
Style Period:
Fourth Style; Imperial (Roman)
Work Type 1:
fresco (painting)
Classification:
painting
Material:
pigment on plaster
Technique:
fresco painting (technique)
Measurements:
118 cm (height) x 106 cm (width)
Description:
Dionysus, holding the thyrsus, finds the sleeping Ariadne (reclining on the knees of Hypnos) with the help of Cupid. Silenus is with him, being pulled up the hill by a satyr. From Pompeii, House of the Colored Capitals (Casa dei Capitelli Colorati) (VII, 4, 51-31, west wall of oecus 24). (Source: MuseID Italia, Musei Digitali [website]; http://www.culturai…
Collection:
Adjunct Module A: Italian Art
Identifier:
7A3-R-NAM-DA-A04
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Dionysus Finds Ariadne