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Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE A: ITALIAN ART
Preferred Title:
Ariadne and Dionysus with Flying Drapery
Alternate Title:
Couple in Flight
Image View:
Detail, Ariadne and Dionysus (wearing wreath and holding thrysus)
Creator:
unknown (Roman (ancient))
Location:
repository: Museo Archeologico Nazionale (Naples, Campania, Italy) 9136
Location Note:
Piazza Museo Nazionale, 19; Room LXXVII
GPS:
40.8534 14.2505
Date:
ca. 15 BCE-45 CE (creation)
Cultural Context:
Roman (ancient)
Style Period:
Imperial (Roman); Third Style
Work Type 1:
fresco (painting)
Classification:
painting
Material:
pigment on plaster
Technique:
fresco painting (technique)
Measurements:
40 cm (height) x 41 cm (width)
Description:
These figures, isolated on the wall with flying drapery, are similar to the four Third Style frescoes inspired by fourth century BCE figures depicting Leda, Flora (inv. 8834, both on a green background), and Diana, Medea (both on a blue background) on panels situated in the middle zone of the walls of a cubiculum of the Villa Arianna, Stabiae (4.5 km southwest of Pompeii). All are painted with light colors over a darker colored background, as is this. With their garments blown up by the wind, Ariadne goes down from the sky with her divine bridegroom, Dionysys, his head crowned by a little crown and his typical staff, or thyrsus, in his left hand, on a black background. (Source: Naples National Archaeological Museum [website]; http://cir.campania. beniculturali.it/mus eoarcheologiconazion ale)
Collection:
Adjunct Module A: Italian Art
Identifier:
7A3-R-NAM-WF-A02
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Ariadne and Dionysus with Flying Drapery