Ariadne, with Cupids preparing Wine from the Grape, &c., (painting)

Smithsonian American Art Museum and its Renwick Gallery

Object Details

artist
Coypel, Anthony 1661-1733
Appears in exhibition catalog as entry no. 37 (Sale info: For Sale).
"This painting is very highly coloured and warm like the works of the venetian school. The attitude of ariadne is particularly graceful and easy, and the landscpae, &c. well adapted to the subject. Painted by anthony coypel, who was born at Paris, 1661, died 1733." [P. 6.]
Descriptive Catalogue of Original Cabinet Paintings, now arranged in the Gallery, Doggett's Repository of Arts, entrance at No. 16, Market-Street, and may be viewed every day, from 8 in the morning till sunset; being a truly splendid and valuable Collection of one hundred and sixty-four Cabinet Paintings in elegant frames; selected on the Continent of Europe, at the Expense of thirty thousand dollars, and are warranted to comprise the works of the Great Masters, from the 13th Century to the Present Time.
1876
Control number
AECI 03260037
Type
Paintings
Exhibition Catalogs
Pre-1877 Art Exhibition Catalogue Index
Topic
Mythology--Classical--Ariadne
Mythology--Classical--Cupid
Figure group--Female & Child
Occupation--Farm--Harvesting
Figure(s) In Exterior
Record ID
siris_aeci_67724
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