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Bacchus and Ariadne
is an
oil painting
on canvas completed by
Titian
between 1522 and 1523. One of a cycle of paintings on mythological subjects produced for
Alfonso d'Este
, the Duke of
Ferrara
, it depicts the god
Bacchus
falling in love with
Ariadne
after she has been deserted by her lover
Theseus
. Behind Bacchus is a procession of revelers in a chariot drawn by two
cheetahs
. The painting now hangs in the
National Gallery
in
London
.
Painting:
Titian
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