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Bacchus and Ariadne

Louis de Silvestre
1675-1760

Bacchus and Ariadne

Support: 14 5/8 x 8 5/8 inches (371 x 220 mm); secondary support: 19 x 12 5/8 inches (482 x 320 mm)
Red and white chalk, on tan paper, now darkened.
I, 274

Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.

Notes
Watermark: none visible through secondary support.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed on secondary support, in pen and black ink, at lower margin, "Bacchus console Arian abandonnée par Thésée"; signed at right, "Louis de Silvestre"; below, in a different hand, in graphite, "Bonnat Paris 1657".
Associated names
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Bibliography
Collection J. Pierpont Morgan : Drawings by the Old Masters Formed by C. Fairfax Murray. London : Privately printed, 1905-1912, I, 274, repr.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department