Bacchus with his companions discovering Ariadne on the island of Naxos, after Reni
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet (Trimmed): 19 11/16 × 42 1/8 in. (50 × 107 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Mrs. Olga Sichel and Max Philippson, 1962
Accession Number
62.557.212
Tags
CupidAriadneBacchus
About the Artist
Guido Reni|Gian Battista Bolognini · 1575–1642
Guido Reni (1575–1642) was one of the most celebrated Italian painters of the Baroque era and the dominant figure of the Bolognese School. Born into a family of musicians in Bologna, he trained first with Denys Calvaert before joining the influential Accademia degli Incamminati led by Ludovico Carracci. Reni achieved international fame through his idealizing style that combined Baroque dynamism wi...