Bacchus and Ariadne, Titian

Theseus, whose ship is shown in the distance, has just left ariadne on naxos, when bacchus arrives, jumping from his chariot drawn by two cheetahs, falling immediately in love with ariadne. Bacchus raised her to heaven. The constellation corona borealis, bacchus's crowning gift to her, is shown in the sky above her head. Object Type: painting. Genre: mythological painting. Date: between 1520 and 1523 High Renaissance (1494–1527). Place of creation: Venice. Dimensions: height: 176.5 cm (69.4 in) ; width: 191 cm (75.1 in). Medium: oil on canvas. Depicted People: Bacchus. Collection: National Gallery. Titian Bacchus and AriadneFXD