Sketch for a Ceiling: Bacchus and Ariadne

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Sketch for a ceiling decoration. Allegorical and mythological figures including nymphs, satyrs and cherubs amongst dense clouds. The scene is framed by a rectangle with semi-circular extensions to the left and right. The frame, probably intended to be executed in stucco, is painted in white-grey; beyond the frame the canvas shows the same white-grey colouring, which indicates that only the central part of the ceiling was intended to be decorated with the allegorical scene.
Title

Sketch for a Ceiling: Bacchus and Ariadne

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 48.2 x W 61 cm

Accession number

1965.135

Acquisition method

purchased from Dr Alfred Scharf, 1965

Work type

Painting

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